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.

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WordMeaning
briman upper or outer margin : verge
arbitera person with power to decide a dispute : judge
awean emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime
misadventuremisfortune
vaingloriousmarked by vainglory : boastful
presagesomething that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen
sinecurean office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income
leveea reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed
uncannyseeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie
vigilantea member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate)