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 |
|---|---|
| volley | the flight of the ball (as in volleyball or tennis) or its course before striking the ground |
| abrasive | causing damage, wear, or removal of surface material by grinding or rubbing : tending to abrade |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| perfidious | of, relating to, or characterized by perfidy |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| erode | to diminish or destroy by degrees: |
| apathy | lack of feeling or emotion : impassiveness |
| foreboding | the act of one who forebodes |
| retinue | a group of retainers or attendants |