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 |
|---|---|
| fertile | producing or bearing many crops in great quantities : productive |
| lush | growing vigorously especially with luxuriant foliage |
| parquet | to furnish with a floor of parquet |
| surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| oblivion | the fact or condition of not remembering : a state marked by lack of awareness or consciousness |
| lurk | to lie in wait in a place of concealment especially for an evil purpose |
| megalomania | a mania (see mania |
| benign | of a mild type or character that does not threaten health or life |
| nutritious | nourishing |