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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| irreproachable | not reproachable : blameless |
| raconteur | a person who excels in telling anecdotes |
| benediction | the invocation (see invocation |
| infirmity | the quality or state of being infirm |
| render | to melt down |
| anchor | a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom |
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| obscure | dark |
| soliloquy | the act of talking to oneself |
| waggish | resembling or characteristic of a wag |