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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gratuitysomething given voluntarily or beyond obligation usually for some service
motifa usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts)
hydrophobiarabies
facileeasily accomplished or attained
stygianof or relating to the river Styx
gamelya physical or mental competition conducted according to rules with the participants in direct opposition to each other
satiricalof, relating to, or constituting satire
crevicea narrow opening resulting from a split or crack (as in a cliff) : fissure
solublesusceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water
culpablemeriting condemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful