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 |
|---|---|
| sonorous | producing sound (as when struck) |
| quarry | game |
| unassailable | not assailable : not liable to doubt, attack, or question |
| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |
| mock | to treat with contempt or ridicule : deride |
| fathomless | incapable of being fathomed : immeasurable |
| paramour | lover |
| vituperative | uttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse |
| apotheosis | the perfect form or example of something : quintessence |
| clown | farmer |