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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| capacious | containing or capable of containing a great deal |
| glaze | to furnish or fit with glass |
| dispirited | to deprive of morale or enthusiasm |
| dilapidated | decayed, deteriorated, or fallen into partial ruin especially through neglect or misuse |
| ambidextrous | using both hands with equal ease or dexterity |
| diadem | crown |
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
| valediction | an act of bidding farewell |
| retinue | a group of retainers or attendants |
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
