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 |
|---|---|
| taciturn | temperamentally disinclined to talk |
| glut | to flood (the market) with goods so that supply exceeds demand |
| recuperate | to get back : regain |
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| contraband | illegal or prohibited traffic in goods : smuggling |
| incantation | a use of spells or verbal charms spoken or sung as a part of a ritual of magic |
| shove | to push along |
| chaff | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| mute | unable to speak : lacking the power of speech |
| carcinogenic | producing or tending to produce cancer |