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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sinewy | full of sinews: such as |
| dissuade | to advise (a person) against something |
| fallible | liable to be erroneous |
| obsequious | marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness |
| nugatory | of little or no consequence : trifling |
| provenance | origin |
| tithe | a tenth part of something paid as a voluntary contribution or as a tax especially for the support of a religious establishment |
| sprout | to grow, spring up, or come forth as or as if a sprout |
| tiller | one that tills : cultivator |
| ego | the self especially as contrasted with another self or the world |