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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| daunt | to lessen the courage of : cow |
| adjoin | to add or attach by joining |
| schism | division |
| dissonance | lack of agreement |
| negate | to deny the existence or truth of |
| schematic | of or relating to a scheme or schema |
| fluster | to put into a state of agitated confusion : upset |
| capillary | resembling a hair especially in slender elongated form |
| impair | to diminish in function, ability, or quality : to weaken or make worse |
| pejorative | a word or phrase that has negative connotations (see connotation |