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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profusionlavish expenditure : extravagance
sterilefailing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores
sourbeing, inducing, or marked by the one of the five basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids and is characteristic of lemon juice
evoketo call forth or up: such as
piqueto excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff
antlerone of the paired deciduous solid bony processes that arise from the frontal bone on the head of an animal of the deer family
solublesusceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water
lustrousreflecting light evenly and efficiently without glitter or sparkle
perditioneternal damnation
seduceto persuade to disobedience or disloyalty