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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| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |
| episodic | made up of separate especially loosely connected episodes |
| reek | smoke |
| dynamic | marked by usually continuous and productive activity or change |
| caption | the part of a legal document that shows where, when, and by what authority it was taken, found, or executed |
| scanty | limited or less than sufficient in degree, quantity, or extent |
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| surrogate | one appointed to act in place of another : deputy |
| seemly | good-looking |
| recount | to relate in detail : narrate |