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 |
|---|---|
| mauve | a moderate purple, violet, or lilac color |
| wrinkle | a small ridge or furrow especially when formed on a surface by the shrinking or contraction of a smooth substance : crease |
| enhance | heighten |
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| malediction | curse |
| unguent | a soothing or healing salve : ointment |
| enervate | lacking physical, mental, or moral vigor : enervated |
| shoddy | a reclaimed wool from materials that are not felted that is of better quality and longer staple than mungo |
| diorama | a scenic representation in which a partly translucent painting is seen from a distance through an opening |
| tramp | to walk, tread, or step especially heavily |