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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repugnancethe quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent
effigyan image or representation especially of a person
capsizeto cause to overturn
autopsyan examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease
pandemicoccurring over a wide geographic area (such as multiple countries or continents) and typically affecting a significant proportion of the population
incubateto sit on (eggs) so as to hatch by the warmth of the body
perspicuousplain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation
imperceptiblenot perceptible by a sense or by the mind : extremely slight, gradual, or subtle
weirdof strange or extraordinary character : odd
forteone's strong point