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 |
|---|---|
| seamy | having the rough side of the seam showing |
| junket | trip |
| debilitate | to impair the strength of : enfeeble |
| cognizance | a distinguishing mark or emblem (such as a heraldic bearing) |
| mete | to give out by measure : dole out |
| aver | to declare positively |
| cacophonous | marked by cacophony : harsh-sounding |
| feasible | capable of being done or carried out |
| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |
| underscore | to draw a line under : underline |