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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| ferret | a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat |
| askance | with disapproval or distrust : scornfully |
| array | to dress or decorate especially in splendid or impressive attire : adorn |
| benefit | something that produces good or helpful results or effects or that promotes well-being : advantage |
| provender | dry food for domestic animals : feed |
| forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |
| incrustation | a crust or hard coating |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| rotunda | a round building |
| figment | something made up or contrived |