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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| deploy | to extend (a military unit) especially in width |
| wan | suggestive of poor health : sickly |
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |
| diurnal | active chiefly in the daytime |
| slipshod | wearing loose shoes or slippers |
| licentious | lacking legal or moral restraints |
| conformist | one who conforms : a person who behaves in accordance with prevailing standards or customs and typically dislikes or avoids unconventional behavior |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |
| indissoluble | not dissoluble |
| sepulcher | a place of burial : tomb |