GRE Word List
HUMANITARIAN
a person promoting human welfare and social reform : philanthropist
The meaning of the word humanitarian is a person promoting human welfare and social reform : philanthropist.
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| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |
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| distort | to twist (see twist |
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