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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| scurry | to move in or as if in a brisk pace : scamper |
| clip | encompass |
| bestial | of or relating to beasts |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| prop | something that props or sustains : support |
| nourishment | food |
| dissonance | lack of agreement |
| bugaboo | an imaginary object of fear |
| odoriferous | yielding an odor : odorous |