GRE Word List
EPITHET
word or phrase characteristically used to describe a person or thing; descriptive phrase to characterize a person (often contemptous)
The meaning of the word epithet is word or phrase characteristically used to describe a person or thing; descriptive phrase to characterize a person (often contemptous).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| interpolate | insert between |
| nominal | in name only; of a name; trifling; (of a sum of money) very small; CF. nominate: propose as a candidate; appoint |
| rampart | defensive mound of earth |
| canker | any ulcerous sore; ulcer; any evil; CF. cancer |
| unkempt | disheveled; uncared for in appearance; not combed; CF. comb |
| paradox | something apparently contradictory in nature (that may nonetheless be true); statement that looks false but is actually correct |
| equable | tranquil; of even calm temper; (of temperature) steady; uniform |
| blemish | mar; spoil the beauty or perfection of; N: flaw or defect (that spoils perfection); Ex. blemishes in the crystal; CF. unblemished |
| throng | crowd (of people or things); V. |
| mystic | of hidden meaning and spiritual power; Ex. mystic ceremonies; N. CF. mysticism |
