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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WordMeaning
controvertto dispute or oppose by reasoning
headfirstwith the head foremost
forensicbelonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate
sensuousof or relating to the senses or sensible objects
meteto give out by measure : dole out
looma frame or machine for interlacing (see interlace
lopsidedleaning to one side
suavitysmoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated
memorialserving to preserve remembrance : commemorative
modean arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval