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 |
|---|---|
| agenda | a list or outline of things to be considered or done |
| bruise | an injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin : contusion |
| slander | to utter slander against : defame |
| matrix | something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form |
| brindled | having obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground |
| temporize | to act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion |
| practicable | capable of being put into practice or of being done or accomplished : feasible |
| righteous | acting in accord with divine or moral law : free from guilt or sin |
| clot | a portion of a substance adhering together in a thick nondescript mass (as of clay or gum) |
| clemency | disposition to be merciful and especially to moderate the severity of punishment due |