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
grotesquea style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature
fatuouscomplacently or inanely foolish : silly
suckleto give milk to from the breast or udder
agnostica person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable
shirkto go stealthily : sneak
turbidthick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment
maritalof or relating to marriage or the married state
inconsistencyan instance of being inconsistent
labyrintha place constructed of or full of intricate passageways and blind alleys
chaffingthe seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain