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 |
|---|---|
| rubric | an authoritative rule |
| bait | to persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks |
| barb | a medieval cloth headdress passing over or under the chin and covering the neck |
| aptitude | inclination |
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| gauche | lacking social experience or grace |
| hereafter | after this in sequence or in time |
| unceremonious | not ceremonious : informal |
| excise | an internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity |
| nurture | training |