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 |
|---|---|
| discerning | showing insight and understanding : discriminating |
| finite | having definite or definable limits |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| drab | slattern |
| fraudulent | characterized by, based on, or done by fraud : deceitful |
| juncture | a point of time |
| apex | the uppermost point : vertex |
| euthanasia | the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy |
| implausible | not plausible : provoking disbelief |
| tenure | the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office) |