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
frivolousof little weight or importance
pervertto cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt
enduringlasting
mementosomething that serves to warn or remind
bulkmagnitude
empathythe action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner
humdrummonotonous
physiognomythe art of discovering temperament and character from outward appearance
pristinebelonging to the earliest period or state : original
rabblea disorganized or confused collection of things