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 |
|---|---|
| raspy | harsh |
| surrogate | one appointed to act in place of another : deputy |
| credence | mental acceptance as true or real |
| resound | to become filled with sound : reverberate |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| quicksilver | mercury |
| rationale | an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena |
| postulate | demand |
| homely | suggestive or characteristic of a place of residence or home |
| unison | identity in musical pitch |