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 |
|---|---|
| disaffected | discontented and resentful especially against authority : rebellious |
| pungent | sharply painful |
| pristine | belonging to the earliest period or state : original |
| deputize | to appoint as deputy |
| rag | a waste piece of cloth |
| decree | an order usually having the force of law |
| elusive | tending to elude: such as |
| chagrin | disquietude or distress of mind caused by humiliation, disappointment, or failure |
| odium | the state or fact of being subjected to hatred and contempt as a result of a despicable act or blameworthy circumstance |
| knit | to form by interlacing yarn or thread in a series of connected loops with needles |
