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 |
|---|---|
| sear | being dried and withered |
| bate | to reduce the force or intensity of : restrain |
| trample | tramp |
| proviso | an article or clause (as in a contract) that introduces a condition |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| implore | to make an earnest request to (someone) : beg |
| nausea | a stomach distress with distaste for food and an urge to vomit |
| slacken | to make less active : slow up |
| pigment | a substance that imparts black or white or a color to other materials |
| loll | to hang loosely or laxly : droop |