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 |
|---|---|
| condign | deserved |
| blighted | affected with blight (see blight |
| flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| sage | one (such as a profound philosopher) distinguished for wisdom |
| earmark | a mark of identification on the ear of an animal |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| delve | excavate |
| chip | a small usually thin and flat piece (as of wood or stone) cut, struck, or flaked off |
| reprehensible | worthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable |