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.
Random words
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| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| clout | a piece of cloth or leather : rag |
| inconsistency | an instance of being inconsistent |
| straggle | to wander from the direct course or way : rove |
| irremediable | not remediable |
| expose | to deprive of shelter, protection, or care : subject to risk from a harmful action or condition |
| epitaph | an inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there |
| bruise | an injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin : contusion |
| shangri-la | a remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia |
| disproportion | lack of proportion, symmetry, or proper relation : disparity |