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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hap | happening |
| exotic | introduced from another country : not native to the place where found |
| legerdemain | sleight of hand |
| accretion | the process of growth or enlargement by a gradual buildup: such as |
| vivisection | the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation |
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| remiss | negligent in the performance of work or duty : careless |
| pallet | a straw-filled tick or mattress |
| scavenge | to remove (dirt, refuse, etc.) from an area |
| esteem | the regard in which one is held |