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 |
|---|---|
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| renown | a state of being widely acclaimed and highly honored : fame |
| pedestrian | commonplace |
| dissertation | an extended usually written treatment of a subject |
| venison | the edible flesh of a game animal and especially a deer |
| fractious | tending to be troublesome : unruly |
| ratiocination | the process of exact thinking : reasoning |
| hubbub | noise |
| overture | an initiative toward agreement or action : proposal |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |