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 |
|---|---|
| inquisitor | one who inquires or makes inquisition |
| commonplace | commonly found or seen : ordinary |
| far-fetched | brought from a remote time or place |
| ruthless | having no pity : merciless |
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |
| subsistence | real being : existence |
| vehement | marked by forceful energy : powerful |
| brand | a charred piece of wood |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| discompose | to destroy the composure of |