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 |
|---|---|
| infiltrate | to enter or become established in gradually or unobtrusively usually for subversive purposes |
| blandishment | something that tends to coax or cajole : allurement |
| hoary | gray or white with or as if with age |
| concord | a state of agreement : harmony |
| beholden | being under obligation for a favor or gift : indebted |
| sterile | failing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores |
| dissuade | to advise (a person) against something |
| tightwad | a close or miserly person |
| incorrigible | incapable of being corrected or amended: such as |
| insolvent | unable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business |