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.

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WordMeaning
looma frame or machine for interlacing (see interlace
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adversitya state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune
inconsequentialof no significance : unimportant
circleta little circle
gavelrent or tribute in medieval England
trimto remove by or as if by cutting
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machinationsan act of machinating