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 |
|---|---|
| proselytize | to induce someone to convert to one's faith |
| tenuous | having little substance or strength : flimsy |
| raze | to destroy to the ground : demolish |
| toxic | containing or being poisonous material especially when capable of causing death or serious debilitation |
| bulge | to jut out : swell |
| illicit | not permitted : unlawful |
| pristine | belonging to the earliest period or state : original |
| corollary | a proposition (see proposition |
| precise | exactly or sharply defined or stated |
| concurrent | operating or occurring at the same time |