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
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| flinch | to withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince |
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| grate | grating |
| scrutinize | to examine closely and minutely |
| juncture | a point of time |
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| valediction | an act of bidding farewell |
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