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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| leaven | a substance (such as yeast) used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid |
| mayhem | needless or willful damage or violence |
| foist | to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant |
| immolate | to kill or destroy especially by fire |
| requisite | needed for a particular purpose : essential |
| impertinent | given to or characterized by insolent rudeness |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
| recumbent | suggestive of repose : leaning |
| amorphous | having no definite form : shapeless |