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 |
|---|---|
| bogus | not genuine : counterfeit |
| cessation | a temporary or final ceasing (as of action) : stop |
| visceral | felt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep |
| imprudent | not prudent : lacking discretion, wisdom, or good judgment |
| imperceptible | not perceptible by a sense or by the mind : extremely slight, gradual, or subtle |
| resolve | to deal with successfully : clear up |
| obsidian | a dark natural glass formed by the cooling of molten lava |
| harping | a plucked stringed instrument consisting of a resonator, an arched or angled neck that may be supported by a post, and strings of graded length that are perpendicular to the soundboard |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| irate | roused to ire |