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 |
|---|---|
| unguent | a soothing or healing salve : ointment |
| mote | a small particle : speck |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| crass | gross |
| profligate | wildly extravagant |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| scuffle | to struggle at close quarters with disorder and confusion |
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
| malicious | having or showing a desire to cause harm to someone : given to, marked by, or arising from malice |
| urchin | hedgehog |