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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WordMeaning
castigationto subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism
flutedhaving or marked by grooves
corrugatedhaving corrugations
cloistera monastic establishment
hypercriticalmeticulously or excessively critical
impunityexemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss
igneousformed by solidification of magma
centaurany of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly
savorthe taste or smell of something
grovelto creep with the face to the ground : crawl