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 |
|---|---|
| lout | to bow in respect |
| quirk | an abrupt twist or curve |
| tertiary | of third rank, importance, or value |
| liability | the quality or state of being liable |
| stodgy | having a rich filling quality : heavy |
| wallow | to roll oneself about in a lazy, relaxed, or ungainly manner |
| suavity | smoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated |
| antler | one of the paired deciduous solid bony processes that arise from the frontal bone on the head of an animal of the deer family |
| rummage | to make a thorough search or investigation |
| propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |