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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WordMeaning
exasperateto cause irritation or annoyance to
arduoushard to accomplish or achieve : difficult
repelto drive back : repulse
hallucinationa sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine)
stalematea drawing position in chess in which a player is not in checkmate but has no legal move to play
modean arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval
myriadten thousand
stampto pound or crush with a pestle or a heavy instrument
vicariousexperienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another
concomitantaccompanying especially in a subordinate or incidental way