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 |
|---|---|
| provident | frugal |
| flaccid | not firm or stiff |
| deprecate | to express disapproval of |
| carping | marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| fawning | seeking or used to seek approval or favor by means of flattery |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |
| recast | to cast again |
| component | a constituent part : ingredient |
| monarchy | undivided rule or absolute sovereignty by a single person |