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 |
|---|---|
| tedium | the quality or state of being tedious : tediousness |
| provision | the act or process of providing |
| amalgam | a mixture of different elements |
| despoil | to strip of belongings, possessions, or value : pillage |
| ram | a male sheep |
| bicker | petulant quarreling : altercation |
| insolence | the quality or state of being insolent |
| madrigal | a medieval short lyrical poem in a strict poetic form |
| tender | marked by, responding to, or expressing the softer emotions : fond |
| omnivorous | feeding on both animal and vegetable substances |