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 |
|---|---|
| ambrosia | the food of the Greek and Roman gods |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
| gainsay | to declare to be untrue or invalid |
| idyllic | pleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity |
| tremulous | characterized by or affected with trembling or tremors |
| proselytize | to induce someone to convert to one's faith |
| pushy | aggressive often to an objectionable degree : forward |
| unilateral | done or undertaken by one person or party |
| jollity | the quality or state of being jolly : merriment |
| salutary | producing a beneficial effect : remedial |