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 |
|---|---|
| fruitful | yielding or producing fruit |
| alloy | the degree of mixture with base metals : fineness |
| concoct | to prepare by combining raw materials |
| tatter | to make ragged |
| forensic | belonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate |
| colander | a perforated utensil for washing or draining food |
| stun | to make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze |
| unexceptionable | not open to objection or criticism : beyond reproach : unimpeachable |
| misanthrope | a person who hates or distrusts humankind |
| sportive | frolicsome |