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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Word | Meaning |
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staccato | cut short or apart in performing : disconnected |
padre | a Christian clergyman |
torrent | a violent or forceful flow of fluid |
pell-mell | in mingled confusion or disorder |
obscure | dark |
agility | the quality or state of being agile : nimbleness |
vagrant | one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support |
smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
scheme | a plan or program of action |
hegemony | preponderant influence or authority over others : domination |