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 |
|---|---|
| grouch | a fit of bad temper |
| clime | climate |
| unique | being the only one : sole |
| clique | a narrow exclusive circle or group of persons |
| malleable | capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers |
| prolong | to lengthen in time : continue |
| dally | to act playfully |
| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |
| hail | precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps usually consisting of concentric layers of clear ice and compact snow |
| cornice | the molded and projecting horizontal member that crowns an architectural composition see column illustration |