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
licentiouslacking legal or moral restraints
acquittala setting free from the charge of an offense by verdict, sentence, or other legal process
throespang
antidotea remedy to counteract the effects of poison
seminaryan environment in which something originates and from which it is propagated
prototypean original model on which something is patterned : archetype
connubialof or relating to the married state : conjugal
solecisman ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence
secularof or relating to the worldly or temporal
effronteryshameless boldness : insolence