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 |
|---|---|
| apparition | an unusual or unexpected sight : phenomenon |
| carnage | the flesh of slain animals or humans |
| devious | wandering |
| gull | any of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae) |
| obstreperous | marked by unruly or aggressive noisiness : clamorous |
| mar | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| grisly | inspiring horror or intense fear |
| lot | an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| shrewd | marked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen |