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 |
|---|---|
| rational | having reason or understanding |
| tension | inner striving, unrest, or imbalance often with physiological indication of emotion |
| irretrievable | not retrievable : impossible to regain or recover |
| brim | an upper or outer margin : verge |
| scale | an instrument or machine for weighing |
| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |
| presentiment | a feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition |
| rooster | an adult male domestic chicken |
| skittish | lively or frisky in action : capricious |
| onerous | involving, imposing, or constituting a burden : troublesome |