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 |
|---|---|
| disparity | a noticeable and usually significant difference or dissimilarity |
| muster | a representative specimen (see specimen |
| capacious | containing or capable of containing a great deal |
| sylvan | one that frequents groves or woods |
| accessible | capable of being reached |
| agrarian | of or relating to fields or lands or their tenure |
| bromide | a binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some (such as potassium bromide) used as sedatives |
| voodoo | a religion that is derived from African polytheism and ancestor worship and is practiced chiefly in Haiti |
| dupe | one that is easily deceived or cheated : fool |
| ossify | to change into bone |