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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| bedizen | to dress or adorn gaudily |
| jaunt | a usually short journey or excursion undertaken especially for pleasure |
| aboriginal | being the first or earliest known of its kind present in a region |
| stygian | of or relating to the river Styx |
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
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| palpitate | to beat rapidly and strongly : throb |
| inquisitor | one who inquires or makes inquisition |
| cupidity | inordinate desire for wealth : avarice |