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.
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| charisma | a personal magic of leadership arousing special popular loyalty or enthusiasm for a public figure (such as a political leader) |
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| antagonism | opposition of a conflicting force, tendency, or principle |
| animosity | a strong feeling of dislike or hatred : ill will or resentment tending toward active hostility : an antagonistic attitude |
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| agility | the quality or state of being agile : nimbleness |
| incipient | beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
| indigenous | produced, growing, living, or occurring natively or naturally in a particular region or environment |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |