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 |
|---|---|
| culpable | meriting condemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful |
| august | marked by majestic dignity or grandeur |
| overt | open to view : manifest |
| beneficent | doing or producing good |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| dally | to act playfully |
| flotsam | floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo |
| extant | currently or actually existing |
| pejorative | a word or phrase that has negative connotations (see connotation |
| vitiate | to make faulty or defective : impair |