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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| treasure | wealth (such as money, jewels, or precious metals) stored up or hoarded |
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| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| infraction | the act of infringing : violation |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| metrical | of, relating to, or composed in meter |
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| invocation | the act or process of petitioning for help or support |
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