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 |
|---|---|
| subjugate | to bring under control and governance as a subject : conquer |
| castrate | to deprive (a male animal or person) of the testes |
| evoke | to call forth or up: such as |
| detain | to hold or keep in or as if in custody |
| fashion | the prevailing style (as in dress) during a particular time |
| reprimand | a severe or formal reproof |
| askew | out of line : at an angle |
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |
| refuse | to express oneself as unwilling to accept |