GRE Word List
EUTHANASIA
the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy
The meaning of the word euthanasia is the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| consanguinity | the quality or state of being consanguineous |
| suppliant | supplicant |
| insatiable | incapable of being satisfied : quenchless |
| heed | to pay attention |
| gist | essence; main point; substance |
| verdant | green in tint or color |
| habitat | the place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows |
| luxuriant | yielding abundantly : fertile |
| repress | to check by or as if by pressure : curb |
| impede | to interfere with or slow the progress of |
