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 |
|---|---|
| tempo | the rate of speed of a musical piece or passage indicated by one of a series of directions (such as largo, presto, or allegro) and often by an exact metronome marking |
| embitter | to excite bitter feelings in |
| fetid | having a heavy offensive smell |
| underhand | in a clandestine manner |
| partition | the action of parting : the state of being parted : division |
| rhetoric | the art of speaking or writing effectively: such as |
| smattering | superficial piecemeal knowledge |
| parry | to ward off a weapon or blow |
| alluvial | relating to, composed of, or found in alluvium |
| tanner | one that tans hides |