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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| ameliorate | to make better or more tolerable |
| aloft | at or to a great height |
| cynosure | the northern constellation Ursa Minor |
| machinations | an act of machinating |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| sour | being, inducing, or marked by the one of the five basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids and is characteristic of lemon juice |
| hubbub | noise |
| vision | the act or power of seeing : sight |
| imbibe | drink |