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 |
|---|---|
| habitat | the place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows |
| paradigm | example |
| voluminous | having or marked by great volume or bulk : large |
| trepidation | a nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation : apprehension |
| equivocate | to use equivocal language especially with intent to deceive |
| anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |
| portly | dignified |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| numismatist | the study or collection of coins, tokens, and paper money and sometimes related objects (such as medals) |
| appropriate | especially suitable or compatible : fitting |