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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| arch- | a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and serving as a support (as for the wall or other weight above the opening) |
| makeshift | a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute |
| rave | to talk irrationally in or as if in delirium |
| travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |
| woeful | full of woe : grievous |
| induct | to put in formal possession (as of a benefice or office) : install |
| peddle | to travel about with wares for sale |
| tiller | one that tills : cultivator |
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |
| hilarity | boisterous merriment or laughter |