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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| spawn | to deposit or fertilize spawn |
| incontinent | not continent: such as |
| eugenic | relating to or fitted for the production of good offspring |
| pell-mell | in mingled confusion or disorder |
| prurient | marked by or arousing an immoderate or unwholesome interest or desire |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| rapport | a friendly, harmonious relationship |
| provender | dry food for domestic animals : feed |
| perpetrate | to bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit |
| merit | a praiseworthy quality : virtue |