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 |
|---|---|
| torque | a force that produces or tends to produce rotation or torsion |
| halcyon | characterized by happiness, great success, and prosperity : golden |
| cross | a structure consisting of an upright with a transverse beam used especially by the ancient Romans for execution |
| obliterate | to remove utterly from recognition or memory |
| plenitude | the quality or state of being full : completeness |
| humility | freedom from pride or arrogance : the quality or state of being humble |
| consensus | general agreement : unanimity |
| expenditure | the act or process of expending |
| dispense | to divide and share out according to a plan : to deal out in portions |
| hull | the outer covering of a fruit or seed |