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 |
|---|---|
| hurtle | to move rapidly or forcefully |
| cleave | to adhere firmly and closely or loyally and unwaveringly |
| fractious | tending to be troublesome : unruly |
| pecuniary | consisting of or measured in money |
| totem | an object (such as an animal or plant) serving as the emblem of a family or clan and often as a reminder of its ancestry |
| vortex | something that resembles a whirlpool |
| pedestal | the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration |
| carping | marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism |
| flora | a treatise on or list of the plants of an area or period |
| vendor | one that vends : seller |