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 |
|---|---|
| benediction | the invocation (see invocation |
| controvert | to dispute or oppose by reasoning |
| pantomime | pantomimist |
| attenuate | to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken |
| insolvent | unable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business |
| skeptic | an adherent or advocate of skepticism |
| jest | a joking or mocking remark |
| expansive | having a capacity or a tendency to expand |
| superannuated | outmoded |
| chortle | to sing or chant exultantly |