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 |
|---|---|
| cloister | a monastic establishment |
| travesty | a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation |
| quizzical | comically quaint |
| dilute | attenuate |
| score | twenty |
| devout | committed or devoted to religion or to religious duties or exercises |
| recreant | crying for mercy : cowardly |
| desperado | a bold or violent criminal |
| estranged | having lost former closeness and affection : in a state of alienation from a previous close or familial relationship |
| usury | the lending of money with an interest charge for its use |