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 |
|---|---|
| prank | trick |
| monolithic | of, relating to, or resembling a monolith : huge |
| expedient | suitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance |
| palatial | of, relating to, or being a palace |
| retort | to pay or hurl back : return |
| universal | including or covering all or a whole collectively or distributively without limit or exception |
| totem | an object (such as an animal or plant) serving as the emblem of a family or clan and often as a reminder of its ancestry |
| prong | fork |
| limber | having a supple and resilient quality (as of mind or body) : agile |
| fraught | full of or accompanied by something specified |