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 |
|---|---|
| subaltern | particular with reference to a related universal proposition |
| pallid | deficient in color : wan |
| intervene | to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events |
| factious | of or relating to faction: such as |
| inasmuch_as | since; owing to the fact that |
| foreshadow | to represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure |
| mason | a skilled worker who builds by laying units of substantial material (such as stone or brick) |
| polity | political organization |
| dissertation | an extended usually written treatment of a subject |
| prodigal | characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish |