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 |
|---|---|
| infamous | notoriously bad; notorious; well known for being bad; Ex. infamous behavior; N: infamy: infamous act; evil fame or reputation |
| arcade | a covered passageway usually lined with shops |
| spectral | ghostly; N. specter: spectre; ghost; phantom |
| projectile | missile; fired or thrown object (such as stone or bullet) |
| codify | arrange (laws or rules) as a code; classify; N. code: system of words used instead of ordinary writing; collection of laws, rules, established social customs |
| flush | redden; blush; flow suddenly and abundantly; wash out by a rapid brief flow of water; N: reddish tinge; blush; brief rush; rush of strong feeling; Ex. flush of pride; ADJ: having surfaces in the same plane; even; blushing |
| hallucination | delusion; false idea; false perception of objects with a compelling sense of their reality; objects so perceived; V. hallucinate; ADJ. hallucinatory |
| sonorous | resonant; producing a full deep sound; producing sound |
| causal | implying a cause-and-effect relationship; N. causality |
| horoscope | diagram of the positions of stars at a given moment (eg. of a person's birth) used by astrologers |
