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 |
|---|---|
| provident | frugal |
| quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |
| duress | forcible restraint or restriction |
| qualify | to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify |
| inaugurate | to induct into an office with suitable ceremonies |
| rebuke | to criticize sharply : reprimand |
| disengage | to release from something that engages or involves |
| fiasco | a complete failure |
| isotope | any of two or more species of atoms of a chemical element with the same atomic number and nearly identical chemical behavior but with differing atomic mass or mass number and different physical properties |
| beholden | being under obligation for a favor or gift : indebted |