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 |
|---|---|
| oblivion | the fact or condition of not remembering : a state marked by lack of awareness or consciousness |
| emetic | an agent that induces vomiting |
| exorcise | to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
| invoke | to petition for help or support |
| dregs | sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate |
| prophylactic | guarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection |
| frolic | full of fun : merry |
| ejaculation | an act of ejaculating |
| plait | pleat |