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 |
|---|---|
| superannuated | outmoded |
| turbid | thick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment |
| falter | to walk unsteadily : stumble |
| fancier | one that has a special liking or interest |
| repercussion | reflection |
| eerie | so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| guy | man |
| scrupulous | having moral integrity : acting in strict regard for what is considered right or proper |