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 |
|---|---|
| tawny | of the color tawny |
| vacuous | emptied of or lacking content |
| paste | a dough that contains a considerable proportion of fat and is used for pastry crust or fancy rolls |
| augment | to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |
| inequity | injustice |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| toll | a tax or fee paid for some liberty or privilege (as of passing over a highway or bridge) |
| pterodactyl | any of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition |
| eventual | contingent |
| affidavit | a sworn statement in writing made especially under oath or on affirmation (see affirmation |