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 |
|---|---|
| shard | a piece or fragment of a brittle substance |
| exact | to call for forcibly or urgently and obtain |
| nugatory | of little or no consequence : trifling |
| supersede | to cause to be set aside |
| onus | burden |
| decoy | a pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture |
| esoteric | designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone |
| comity | friendly social atmosphere : social harmony |
| inane | lacking significance, meaning, or point : silly |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |