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 |
|---|---|
| saturate | to satisfy fully : satiate |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| allocate | to apportion for a specific purpose or to particular persons or things : distribute |
| theoretical | existing only in theory : hypothetical |
| indite | make up |
| judicious | having, exercising, or characterized by sound judgment |
| mollify | to soothe in temper or disposition : appease |
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |
| laceration | the act of lacerating |
| havoc | wide and general destruction : devastation |