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 |
|---|---|
| apostate | one who commits apostasy |
| effectual | producing or able to produce a desired effect |
| resourceful | able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means |
| capsize | to cause to overturn |
| indentation | the blank space produced by indenting : indention |
| flippant | lacking proper respect or seriousness |
| fumble | to grope for or handle something clumsily or aimlessly |
| sprout | to grow, spring up, or come forth as or as if a sprout |
| exonerate | to relieve of a responsibility, obligation, or hardship |
| condign | deserved |