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 |
|---|---|
| sleigh | an open usually horse-drawn vehicle with runners for use on snow or ice |
| obsequy | a funeral or burial rite |
| soluble | susceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water |
| censorious | marked by or given to censure (see censure |
| prepossessing | creating prejudice |
| havoc | wide and general destruction : devastation |
| swamp | a wetland often partially or intermittently covered with water |
| stammer | to make involuntary stops and repetitions in speaking : stutter |
| fiend | devil |
| padre | a Christian clergyman |