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 |
|---|---|
| secession | withdrawal into privacy or solitude : retirement |
| ecstasy | a state of overwhelming emotion |
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
| arcade | a long arched building or gallery |
| prevail | to gain ascendancy through strength or superiority : triumph |
| gild | to overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold |
| menagerie | a place where animals are kept and trained especially for exhibition |
| mason | a skilled worker who builds by laying units of substantial material (such as stone or brick) |
| crevice | a narrow opening resulting from a split or crack (as in a cliff) : fissure |
| unfetter | to free from fetters |