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 |
|---|---|
| brawn | the flesh of a boar |
| attest | to affirm to be true or genuine |
| carnage | the flesh of slain animals or humans |
| trim | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| vise | any of various tools with two jaws for holding work that close usually by a screw, lever, or cam |
| modicum | a small portion : a limited quantity |
| perspicacious | of acute mental vision or discernment : keen |
| maudlin | drunk enough to be emotionally silly |
| adjoin | to add or attach by joining |
| refectory | a dining hall (as in a monastery or college) |