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 |
|---|---|
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| disquietude | anxiety |
| turgid | excessively embellished in style or language : bombastic |
| contrite | feeling or showing sorrow and remorse for improper or objectionable behavior, actions, etc. |
| banal | lacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| sensitization | the action or process of sensitizing |
| silt | loose sedimentary material with rock particles usually ¹/₂₀ millimeter or less in diameter |
| betroth | to promise to marry |
| vintner | a wine merchant |