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 |
|---|---|
| irreverence | lack of reverence |
| junket | trip |
| proximity | the quality or state of being proximate : closeness |
| fulminate | to utter or send out with denunciation |
| insalubrious | not conducive to health : unwholesome |
| apparent | open to view : visible |
| slipshod | wearing loose shoes or slippers |
| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |
| blues | low spirits : melancholy |
| gaunt | excessively thin and angular |