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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| obligatory | binding in law or conscience |
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| baleful | deadly or pernicious in influence |
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| lust | usually intense or unbridled sexual desire : lasciviousness |
| hideous | offensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly |
| pluck | to pull or pick off or out |
| plummet | to fall perpendicularly |
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