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 |
|---|---|
| exasperate | to cause irritation or annoyance to |
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| venal | capable of being bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration : purchasable |
| haven | harbor |
| adhere | to hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing |
| glower | to look or stare with sullen annoyance or anger |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| wag | to be in motion : stir |
| bode | to indicate (something, such as a future event) by signs : presage |
| rebate | to reduce the force or activity of : diminish |