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.

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monetaryof or relating to money or to the mechanisms by which it is supplied to and circulates in the economy
synchronoushappening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time
invulnerableincapable of being wounded, injured, or harmed
balefuldeadly or pernicious in influence
magisterialof, relating to, or having the characteristics of a master or teacher : authoritative
abutto border on : to touch along an edge
stratageman artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy
mammothany of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair
dysenterya disease characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood and usually caused by infection
enumerateto ascertain the number of : count