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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|---|---|
| canny | clever |
| satyr | a sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry |
| marrow | bone marrow |
| frond | a large leaf (especially of a palm or fern) usually with many divisions |
| aggrandize | to make great or greater : increase |
| swagger | to conduct oneself in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner |
| totem | an object (such as an animal or plant) serving as the emblem of a family or clan and often as a reminder of its ancestry |
| palpable | capable of being touched or felt : tangible |
| rotund | marked by roundness : rounded |
| gist | essence; main point; substance |