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 |
|---|---|
| nascent | coming or having recently come into existence |
| perverse | turned away from what is right or good : corrupt |
| mulct | fine |
| unaccountable | not to be accounted for : inexplicable |
| grandiose | characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration |
| mitigate | to cause to become less harsh or hostile : mollify |
| protagonist | the principal character in a literary work (such as a drama or story) |
| combustible | capable of combustion |
| amphitheater | an oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats ranged about an open space and used in ancient Rome especially for contests and spectacles |
| miscellany | separate writings collected in one volume |