GRE Word List
PATHOS
an element in experience or in artistic representation evoking pity or compassion
The meaning of the word pathos is an element in experience or in artistic representation evoking pity or compassion.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| onslaught | an especially fierce attack |
| superimpose | to place or lay over or above something |
| topple | to fall from or as if from being top-heavy |
| panache | an ornamental tuft (as of feathers) especially on a helmet |
| smudge | to make a smudge on |
| luster | a glow of reflected light : sheen |
| placid | serenely free of interruption or disturbance |
| weird | of strange or extraordinary character : odd |
| miscellany | separate writings collected in one volume |
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |