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 |
|---|---|
| cede | to yield or grant typically by treaty |
| predator | an organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation |
| hubbub | noise |
| gaffe | a social or diplomatic blunder |
| decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |
| grate | grating |
| unsightly | not pleasing to the sight : not comely |
| desolate | devoid of inhabitants and visitors : deserted |
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
| predispose | to dispose in advance |