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 |
|---|---|
| forerunner | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another: such as |
| liquidate | to determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts) |
| bereft | deprived or robbed of the possession or use of something |
| facile | easily accomplished or attained |
| rousing | giving rise to excitement : stirring |
| touchy | marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation |
| concave | hollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl |
| limbo | an abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| sacrosanct | most sacred or holy : inviolable |