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

WordMeaning
unfetterto free from fetters
sensuousof or relating to the senses or sensible objects
factitiousproduced by humans rather than by natural forces
actuateto put into mechanical action or motion
ignominydeep personal humiliation and disgrace
effeminatehaving feminine qualities untypical of a man : not manly in appearance or manner
traverseto go or travel across or over
misanthropea person who hates or distrusts humankind
augmentto make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense
initiateto cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going