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 |
|---|---|
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| insurgent | a person who revolts against civil authority or an established government |
| propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |
| dally | to act playfully |
| canine | a conical pointed tooth |
| carping | marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism |
| trifle | something of little value, substance, or importance |
| pulsate | to throb or move rhythmically : vibrate |
| marrow | bone marrow |
| hew | to cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument |