GRE Word List
HUMANE
marked by compassion, sympathy, or consideration for humans or animals
The meaning of the word humane is marked by compassion, sympathy, or consideration for humans or animals.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| riveting | having the power to fix the attention : engrossing |
| impregnable | incapable of being taken by assault : unconquerable |
| fulsome | characterized by abundance : copious |
| proviso | an article or clause (as in a contract) that introduces a condition |
| swear-word | word considered offensive; Ex. ``bloody'' |
| sterile | failing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| array | to dress or decorate especially in splendid or impressive attire : adorn |
| recite | to repeat from memory or read aloud publicly |
| sybarite | voluptuary |