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 |
|---|---|
| grill | to broil on a grill |
| agitate | to excite and often trouble the mind or feelings of : disturb |
| thresh | to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically |
| odious | arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance : hateful |
| murmur | a half-suppressed or muttered complaint : grumbling |
| mar | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| desolate | devoid of inhabitants and visitors : deserted |
| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |
| utopia | a place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions |
| requite | to make return for : repay |