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 |
|---|---|
| exhale | to rise or be given off as vapor |
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |
| placid | serenely free of interruption or disturbance |
| divest | to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title |
| indifferent | marked by a lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern for something : apathetic |
| bilious | of or relating to a yellow or greenish fluid that is secreted by the liver and that aids especially in the emulsification and absorption of fats : of or relating to bile (see bile |
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |
| mangy | affected with or resulting from mange |
| posture | the position or bearing of the body whether characteristic or assumed for a special purpose |
| corollary | a proposition (see proposition |