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 |
|---|---|
| duplicity | contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action |
| dank | unpleasantly moist or wet |
| kindle | to start (a fire) burning : light |
| oaf | a stupid person : boob |
| savory | having savor: such as |
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
| genuflect | to bend the knee |
| remote | separated by an interval or space greater than usual |
| upright | perpendicular |
| cameo | a gem carved in relief (see relief |