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.

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WordMeaning
distractto draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time
vauntedhighly or widely praised or boasted about
inconsequentialof no significance : unimportant
bogwet spongy ground
reactionaryrelating to, marked by, or favoring reaction
funerealof or relating to a funeral
forgea furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought : smithy
heraldan official at a tournament of arms (see arm
progenydescendants
boundfastened by or as if by a band : confined