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 |
|---|---|
| effete | no longer fertile |
| glut | to flood (the market) with goods so that supply exceeds demand |
| fusion | the act or process of liquefying or rendering plastic by heat |
| pundit | pandit |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| niggle | trifle |
| compendium | a brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract |
| metropolis | the chief or capital city of a country, state, or region |
| inverse | opposite in order, nature, or effect |
| jest | a joking or mocking remark |