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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sylvan | one that frequents groves or woods |
| abyss | an immeasurably deep gulf or great space |
| dorsal | an ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar |
| inter | to deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb |
| mosaic | a surface decoration made by inlaying small pieces of variously colored material to form pictures or patterns |
| pertinent | having a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand |
| abut | to border on : to touch along an edge |
| maraud | to roam about and raid in search of plunder |
| optometrist | a specialist licensed to practice optometry compare ophthalmologist |
| mite | any of numerous small acarid arachnids that often infest animals, plants, and stored foods and include important disease vectors |