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 |
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| prodigious | causing amazement or wonder |
| abrasive | causing damage, wear, or removal of surface material by grinding or rubbing : tending to abrade |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| audacious | intrepidly daring : adventurous |
| vindicate | to free from allegation or blame |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| uncouth | awkward and uncultivated in appearance, manner, or behavior : rude |
| bacchanal | orgy |
| fruitful | yielding or producing fruit |