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 |
|---|---|
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| slavish | of or characteristic of someone held in forced servitude |
| titter | to laugh in a nervous, affected, or partly suppressed manner : giggle |
| dissent | to withhold assent or approval |
| fortitude | strength of mind that enables a person to encounter danger or bear pain or adversity with courage |
| ejaculation | an act of ejaculating |
| dearth | scarcity that makes dear |
| gorge | a narrow passage through land |
| veer | to change direction or course |
| prodigy | a highly talented child or youth |