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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| iconoclastic | a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| panoramic | of, relating to, or resembling a panorama: such as |
| shudder | to tremble convulsively : shiver |
| harass | exhaust |
| mayhem | needless or willful damage or violence |
| vociferous | marked by or given to vehement insistent outcry |
| tramp | to walk, tread, or step especially heavily |
| dispatch | to send off or away with promptness or speed |