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 |
|---|---|
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| healthful | beneficial to health of body or mind |
| fusion | the act or process of liquefying or rendering plastic by heat |
| inhibited | to prohibit from doing something |
| ecosystem | the complex of a community of organisms and its environment functioning as an ecological unit |
| mute | unable to speak : lacking the power of speech |
| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |
| submerge | to put under water |
| verisimilar | having the appearance of truth : probable |
| invalid | not valid: |