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 |
|---|---|
| illusory | based on or producing illusion : deceptive |
| tactile | perceptible by touch : tangible |
| monograph | a learned treatise on a small area of learning |
| alms | something (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor |
| acoustics | a science that deals with the production, control, transmission, reception, and effects of sound |
| panegyric | a eulogistic oration or writing |
| rig | to fit out with rigging |
| ashen | of, relating to, or made from ash wood |
| agape | wide open : gaping |
| smother | to kill by depriving of air |