GRE Word List

EMPATHY

the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner

The meaning of the word empathy is the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner.

Random words

WordMeaning
expiateto make amends for
apathylack of feeling or emotion : impassiveness
bludgeona short stick that usually has one thick or loaded end and is used as a weapon
engageto offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end
illusiona misleading image presented to the vision : optical illusion
soporificcausing or tending to cause sleep
epitomea typical or ideal example : embodiment
mishapan unfortunate accident
dogmaticcharacterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts
embezzlementto appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use