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 |
|---|---|
| trim | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| defray | to provide for the payment of : pay |
| mortician | undertaker |
| inamorata | a woman with whom one is in love or has intimate relations |
| exceptionable | being likely to cause objection : objectionable |
| exiguous | excessively scanty : inadequate |
| solace | to give comfort to in grief or misfortune : console |
| severity | the quality or state of being severe : the condition of being very bad, serious, unpleasant, or harsh |
| shambles | a meat market |
| pedestal | the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration |