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 |
|---|---|
| atypical | not typical : irregular |
| apparent | open to view : visible |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| gratuity | something given voluntarily or beyond obligation usually for some service |
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |
| irreverence | lack of reverence |
| relic | an object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr |
| maladroit | lacking adroitness : inept |
| macabre | having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death |
| garrulous | given to prosy, rambling, or tedious loquacity : pointlessly or annoyingly talkative |