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 |
|---|---|
| natal | native |
| obtuse | not pointed or acute : blunt |
| specious | having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic |
| dissipate | to break up and drive off |
| cantankerous | difficult or irritating to deal with |
| tribulation | distress or suffering resulting from oppression or persecution |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| unaccountable | not to be accounted for : inexplicable |
| stagnant | not flowing in a current or stream |
| prosperous | auspicious |