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 |
|---|---|
| swelter | to suffer, sweat, or be faint from heat |
| scintilla | spark |
| dominant | commanding, controlling, or prevailing over all others |
| dismember | to cut off or disjoin the limbs, members, or parts of |
| aphorism | a concise statement of a principle |
| irrevocable | not possible to revoke : unalterable |
| flux | a flowing of fluid from the body: such as |
| exculpate | to clear from alleged fault or guilt |
| affiliation | the state or relation of being closely associated or affiliated with a particular person, group, party, company, etc. |
| sentinel | sentry |