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 |
|---|---|
| rave | to talk irrationally in or as if in delirium |
| seamy | having the rough side of the seam showing |
| abbreviate | to make briefer |
| caricature | exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics |
| foster | having, relating to, or being the relationship between a foster parent and the child who the foster parent cares for |
| glow | to shine with or as if with an intense heat |
| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| jingoist | extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy |
| frigid | intensely cold |