GRE Word List
PATHETIC
having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity
The meaning of the word pathetic is having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| recuperate | to get back : regain |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| excoriate | to wear off the skin of : abrade |
| microcosm | a little world |
| stanch | to check or stop the flowing of |
| bound | fastened by or as if by a band : confined |
| cognate | of the same or similar nature : generically alike |
| agog | full of intense interest or excitement : eager |
| determination | a judicial decision settling and ending a controversy |
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |