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 |
|---|---|
| windfall | something (such as a tree or fruit) blown down by the wind |
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| unimpeachable | not impeachable: such as |
| carefree | free from care: such as |
| defrock | to deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office |
| acrid | sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor : irritating |
| hurl | rush |
| quarry | game |
| miasma | a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease |
| adamant | unshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion : unyielding |