GRE Word List
COMPASSION
sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it
The meaning of the word compassion is sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it.
Random words
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| polarize | to cause to vibrate in a definite pattern |
| limp | to walk lamely |
| deviate | to stray especially from a standard, principle, or topic |
| detraction | a lessening of reputation or esteem especially by envious, malicious, or petty criticism : belittling |
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
| withhold | to hold back from action : check |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| defame | to harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel |
| conduit | a natural or artificial channel through which something (such as a fluid) is conveyed |
| loathe | to dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance : detest |