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 |
|---|---|
| crescendo | a gradual increase |
| crinkle | to form many short bends or ripples |
| trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |
| renege | to go back on a promise or commitment |
| wont | accustomed |
| renounce | to give up, refuse, or resign usually by formal declaration |
| tawdry | cheap and gaudy in appearance or quality |
| exhort | to incite by argument or advice : urge strongly |
| quarry | game |
| tenuous | having little substance or strength : flimsy |