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 |
|---|---|
| catalyst | a substance that enables a chemical reaction to proceed at a usually faster rate or under different conditions (as at a lower temperature) than otherwise possible |
| log | a usually bulky piece or length of a cut or fallen tree |
| torrent | a violent or forceful flow of fluid |
| savant | a person of learning |
| inevitable | incapable of being avoided or evaded |
| benign | of a mild type or character that does not threaten health or life |
| perturb | to cause to be worried or upset : disquiet |
| piscatorial | piscatory |
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
| junket | trip |