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 |
|---|---|
| seemly | good-looking |
| verity | the quality or state of being true or real |
| repress | to check by or as if by pressure : curb |
| haven | harbor |
| rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |
| limbo | an abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism |
| pulsate | to throb or move rhythmically : vibrate |
| loquacious | full of excessive talk : wordy |
| prominent | standing out or projecting beyond a surface or line : protuberant |
| lace | to draw together the edges of by or as if by a lace passed through eyelets |