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
aureolea radiant light around the head or body of a representation of a sacred personage
supplecompliant often to the point of obsequiousness
seedycontaining or full of seeds
mulctfine
facetiousjoking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish
inceptionan act, process, or instance of beginning : commencement
abortiveprematurely born
disseminateto spread abroad as though sowing seed
convexcurved or rounded outward like the exterior of a sphere or circle
agglomerationthe action or process of collecting in a mass