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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condoneto regard or treat (something bad or blameworthy) as acceptable, forgivable, or harmless
ingratiateto gain favor or favorable acceptance for by deliberate effort
pertinenthaving a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand
subliminalinadequate to produce a sensation or a perception
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innuendoan oblique allusion : hint
penancean act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification