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 |
|---|---|
| minatory | having a menacing quality |
| devout | committed or devoted to religion or to religious duties or exercises |
| upright | perpendicular |
| cozen | to deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery |
| affidavit | a sworn statement in writing made especially under oath or on affirmation (see affirmation |
| begrudge | to give or concede reluctantly or with displeasure |
| temperate | having a moderate climate which especially lacks extremes in temperature |
| hatch | a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) |
| indecisive | marked by or prone to indecision : irresolute |
| expatriate | banish |