GRE Word List
ETHOS
the distinguishing character, sentiment, moral nature, or guiding beliefs of a person, group, or institution
The meaning of the word ethos is the distinguishing character, sentiment, moral nature, or guiding beliefs of a person, group, or institution.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| resourceful | able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| catalyst | a substance that enables a chemical reaction to proceed at a usually faster rate or under different conditions (as at a lower temperature) than otherwise possible |
| gangrene | local death of soft tissues due to loss of blood supply |
| countenance | look |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |
| evenhanded | fair |
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |
| providence | divine guidance or care |
| charlatan | quack |