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 |
|---|---|
| embellish | to make beautiful with ornamentation : decorate |
| outfit | the act of fitting out or equipping (as for a voyage or expedition) |
| wake | to be or remain awake |
| defame | to harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel |
| disavowal | to deny responsibility for : repudiate |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| consensus | general agreement : unanimity |
| trepidation | a nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation : apprehension |
| chase | the hunting of wild animals |
| loiter | to delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle |