Sentence:  His voice had a genuine <WSD>pathos</WSD> now, and his large brown hands perceptibly trembled. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions and passions, especially that which awakens tender emotions, such as pity, sorrow, and the like; contagious warmth of feeling, action, or expression; pathetic quality.