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 |
|---|---|
| understate | to represent as less than is the case |
| prevail | to gain ascendancy through strength or superiority : triumph |
| reprove | to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent |
| indoctrinate | to imbue with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, point of view, or principle |
| bog | wet spongy ground |
| luscious | having a delicious taste or smell : sweet |
| static | exerting force by reason of weight alone without motion |
| apparent | open to view : visible |
| synchronous | happening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time |
| idolatry | the worship of a physical object as a god |