GRE Word List
EPITHET
a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing
The meaning of the word epithet is a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |
| comprise | to be made up of |
| necromancy | conjuration (see conjure |
| cerebration | to use the mind : think |
| debonair | suave |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |
| benefactor | someone or something that provides help or an advantage : one that confers a benefit |
| immolate | to kill or destroy especially by fire |
| missive | a written communication : letter |