GRE Word List

TOUCHING

capable of arousing emotions of tenderness or compassion

The meaning of the word touching is capable of arousing emotions of tenderness or compassion.

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excerpta passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract
precursorone that precedes and indicates the approach of another
distinctdistinguishable to the eye or mind as being discrete (see discrete
consecratededicated to a sacred purpose
finishto come to an end : terminate
premonitionprevious notice or warning : forewarning
germa small mass of living substance capable of developing into an organism or one of its parts
disquisitiona formal inquiry into or discussion of a subject : discourse
disseminateto spread abroad as though sowing seed
predicamentthe character, status, or classification assigned by a predication