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 |
|---|---|
| variegated | having discrete markings of different colors |
| dour | stern |
| nourish | nurture |
| prompt | to move to action : incite |
| outmoded | not being in style |
| didactic | designed or intended to teach |
| accolade | a mark of acknowledgment : award |
| brag | a pompous or boastful statement |
| parsimony | the quality of being careful with money or resources : thrift |
| prophetic | of, relating to, or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy |