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 |
|---|---|
| cleave | to adhere firmly and closely or loyally and unwaveringly |
| unfeigned | not feigned or hypocritical : genuine |
| unsightly | not pleasing to the sight : not comely |
| ostentatious | attracting or seeking to attract attention, admiration, or envy often by gaudiness or obviousness : overly elaborate or conspicuous : characterized by, fond of, or evincing ostentation |
| reproach | an expression of rebuke or disapproval |
| insatiable | incapable of being satisfied : quenchless |
| refute | to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous |
| machinations | an act of machinating |
| exploit | deed |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |