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 |
|---|---|
| apprehensive | viewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future |
| cathartic | of, relating to, or producing catharsis |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| scuttle | a shallow open basket for carrying something (such as grain or garden produce) |
| compulsive | having power to compel |
| murky | characterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke |
| deplete | to empty of a principal substance |
| trilogy | a series of three dramas or literary works or sometimes three musical compositions that are closely related and develop a single theme |
| ductile | capable of being drawn out (see draw |
| revoke | to annul by recalling or taking back : rescind |