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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litanya prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation
toppleto fall from or as if from being top-heavy
mammothany of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair
compatiblecapable of existing together in harmony
pseudonyma fictitious name
anthropologistthe science of human beings
gullany of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae)
syllogisma deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable")
avocationa subordinate occupation pursued in addition to one's vocation especially for enjoyment : hobby
conduita natural or artificial channel through which something (such as a fluid) is conveyed