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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| consummate | extremely skilled and accomplished |
| analgesic | an agent producing diminished sensation to pain without loss of consciousness : a drug that is used to relieve pain and produce analgesia |
| grumble | to mutter in discontent |
| alienate | to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed |
| tempestuous | of, relating to, or resembling a tempest : turbulent |
| machinations | an act of machinating |
| bantering | to speak to or address in a witty and teasing manner |
| decadence | the process of becoming decadent : the quality or state of being decadent |
| elucidate | to make lucid especially by explanation or analysis |
| reciprocal | inversely related : opposite |