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 |
|---|---|
| scuffle | to struggle at close quarters with disorder and confusion |
| ardor | an often restless or transitory warmth of feeling |
| lampoon | satire |
| speechless | unable to speak : dumb |
| irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |
| loiter | to delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle |
| quarry | game |
| speck | a small discoloration or spot especially from stain or decay |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| sheathe | to put into or furnish with a sheath |