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 |
|---|---|
| mottled | marked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors |
| leery | suspicious |
| abode | the place where one lives : home |
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| outskirts | a part remote from the center : border |
| encompass | include |
| docket | a brief written summary of a document : abstract |
| ensconce | shelter |
| rare | seldom occurring or found : uncommon |