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 |
|---|---|
| commensurate | corresponding in size, extent, amount, or degree : proportionate |
| evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| inestimable | incapable of being estimated or computed |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |
| nutrition | the act or process of nourishing or being nourished |
| recluse | marked by withdrawal from society : solitary |
| pliable | supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking |
| evasive | tending or intended to evade : equivocal |
| niggle | trifle |