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 |
|---|---|
| theoretical | existing only in theory : hypothetical |
| symmetry | balanced proportions |
| defray | to provide for the payment of : pay |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| prize | something offered or striven for in competition or in contests of chance |
| euphoria | a feeling of well-being or elation |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| choleric | easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered |
| seemly | good-looking |
| kaleidoscope | an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns |