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 |
|---|---|
| debonair | suave |
| consanguinity | the quality or state of being consanguineous |
| chaotic | marked by chaos or being in a state of chaos : completely confused or disordered |
| obsequious | marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness |
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |
| pigment | a substance that imparts black or white or a color to other materials |
| defer | put off |
| palette | a thin oval or rectangular board or tablet that a painter holds and mixes pigments on |
| recumbent | suggestive of repose : leaning |
| hypothetical | involving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural |