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 |
|---|---|
| delusion | something that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated |
| pungent | sharply painful |
| turgid | excessively embellished in style or language : bombastic |
| subaltern | particular with reference to a related universal proposition |
| grate | grating |
| incendiary | igniting combustible materials spontaneously |
| lancet | a sharp-pointed and commonly 2-edged surgical instrument used to make small incisions |
| attest | to affirm to be true or genuine |
| florid | very flowery in style : ornate |
| embody | to give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate |