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 |
|---|---|
| ravenous | rapacious |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| desolate | devoid of inhabitants and visitors : deserted |
| impuissance | weakness |
| loquacious | full of excessive talk : wordy |
| incontinent | not continent: such as |
| acrimonious | angry and bitter : caustic, biting, or rancorous especially in feeling, language, or manner |
| transcribe | to make a written copy of |
| citadel | a fortress that commands (see command |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |