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 |
|---|---|
| ineluctable | not to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable |
| sustenance | means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living |
| parody | a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule |
| ambrosia | the food of the Greek and Roman gods |
| badinage | playful repartee : banter |
| queasy | causing nausea |
| encipher | to convert (a message) into cipher |
| actuary | clerk |
| amass | to collect for oneself : accumulate |
| husbandry | the cultivation or production of plants or animals : agriculture |