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 |
|---|---|
| abrogate | to abolish by authoritative action : annul |
| bestow | to put to use : apply |
| vagabond | a person who wanders from place to place without a fixed home : one leading a vagabond life |
| engender | beget |
| harass | exhaust |
| enjoin | to direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition |
| incarnate | invested with bodily and especially human nature and form |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |
| optional | involving an option : not compulsory |
| confound | to throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity |