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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| extraneous | existing on or coming from the outside |
| nether | situated down or below : lower |
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| denounce | to pronounce especially publicly to be blameworthy or evil |
| gull | any of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae) |
| ramble | to move aimlessly from place to place |
| insensate | lacking sense or understanding |
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |
| reputable | enjoying good repute : held in esteem |