GRE Word List
EPITHET
word or phrase characteristically used to describe a person or thing; descriptive phrase to characterize a person (often contemptous)
The meaning of the word epithet is word or phrase characteristically used to describe a person or thing; descriptive phrase to characterize a person (often contemptous).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| porridge | soft food made by boiling oatmeal |
| hurtle | crash; rush; move with great speed; Ex. hurtling runaway train |
| forensic | suitable to debate or courts of law; of or used in legal proceedings and the tracking of criminals; Ex. forensic science/medicine |
| putrid | decayed and foul-smelling; foul; rotten; decayed; N. putridity |
| abscission | cutting off; separation |
| stealth | action of moving secretly or unseen; slyness; sneakiness; secretiveness; ADJ. stealthy |
| mutilate | maim; injure lastingly; deprive of a limb or an essential part |
| fermentation | chemical reaction that splits complex organic compounds; unrest; agitation |
| brooch | ornamental clasp; pin |
| ascribe | refer; attribute; assign |