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

WordMeaning
promulgateto make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim
pyromaniaca person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania
sundryincluding many things of different kinds : miscellaneous
alimentaryof or relating to nourishment or nutrition
rhapsodizeto speak or write in a rhapsodic manner
tawdrycheap and gaudy in appearance or quality
ordeala primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control
credulityreadiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence
obliterateto remove utterly from recognition or memory
exultto be extremely joyful : rejoice