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 |
|---|---|
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| variegate | to diversify in external appearance especially with different colors : dapple |
| disheveled | marked by disorder or disarray |
| exigency | that which is required in a particular situation |
| mite | any of numerous small acarid arachnids that often infest animals, plants, and stored foods and include important disease vectors |
| forerunner | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another: such as |
| manacle | a shackle for the hand or wrist : handcuff |
| epoch | an event or a time marked by an event that begins a new period or development |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| cloister | a monastic establishment |