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 |
|---|---|
| penology | a branch of criminology dealing with prison management and the treatment of offenders |
| obese | having excessive body fat |
| flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn |
| vicissitude | the quality or state of being changeable : mutability |
| license | permission to act |
| surreptitious | done, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine |
| aptitude | inclination |
| perspicuous | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| boor | peasant |
| limbo | an abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism |