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 |
|---|---|
| concomitant | accompanying especially in a subordinate or incidental way |
| default | failure to do something required by duty or law : neglect |
| unfledged | not feathered : not ready for flight |
| grunt | to utter a grunt |
| mongrel | an individual resulting from the interbreeding of diverse breeds (see breed |
| bleak | exposed and barren and often windswept |
| boisterous | noisily turbulent : rowdy |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| antiquated | outmoded or discredited by reason of age : old and no longer useful, popular, or accepted |
| imbecility | the quality or state of being very stupid or foolish : utter foolishness |