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 |
|---|---|
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |
| venal | capable of being bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration : purchasable |
| unfrock | defrock |
| outspoken | direct and open in speech or expression : frank |
| pied | of two or more colors in blotches |
| insipid | lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate, or challenge : dull |
| meteoric | of or relating to a meteor |
| deface | to mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details |
| antipathy | a strong feeling of dislike |
| vindicate | to free from allegation or blame |