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 |
|---|---|
| sophisticated | deprived of native or original simplicity: such as |
| felicitous | very well suited or expressed : apt |
| enthrall | to hold spellbound : charm |
| ensue | to strive to attain : pursue |
| resolve | to deal with successfully : clear up |
| miniature | a copy on a much reduced scale |
| luster | a glow of reflected light : sheen |
| claustrophobia | abnormal dread of being in closed or narrow spaces |
| slaughter | the act of killing |
| aghast | struck with terror, amazement, or horror : shocked and upset |