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 |
|---|---|
| gingerly | very cautious or careful |
| restraint | an act of restraining : the state of being restrained |
| impassable | incapable of being passed, traveled, crossed, or surmounted |
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |
| adjacent | not distant : nearby |
| reproach | an expression of rebuke or disapproval |
| trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |
| excoriate | to wear off the skin of : abrade |
| acrimonious | angry and bitter : caustic, biting, or rancorous especially in feeling, language, or manner |
| pass_off | present falsely; represent falsely to be |