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 |
|---|---|
| earmark | a mark of identification on the ear of an animal |
| pusillanimous | lacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity |
| irksome | tending to irk : tedious |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| piquant | engagingly provocative |
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| stupor | a condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility |
| guy | man |
| bauble | trinket |
| onerous | involving, imposing, or constituting a burden : troublesome |