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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| groom | bridegroom |
| enormity | an outrageous, improper, vicious, or immoral act |
| inveterate | confirmed in a habit : habitual |
| zany | very eccentric (see eccentric |
| vivid | very strong : very high in chroma |
| trifling | lacking in significance or solid worth: such as |
| exult | to be extremely joyful : rejoice |
| rhetoric | the art of speaking or writing effectively: such as |