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 |
|---|---|
| bearing | the manner in which one behaves or comports oneself : the manner in which one bears (see bear |
| grate | grating |
| intuition | the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference |
| indeterminate | not definitely or precisely determined or fixed : vague |
| knead | to work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands |
| ruddy | having a healthy reddish color |
| caprice | a sudden, impulsive, and seemingly unmotivated notion or action |
| recumbent | suggestive of repose : leaning |
| effluvium | an invisible emanation |
| prurient | marked by or arousing an immoderate or unwholesome interest or desire |