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 |
|---|---|
| solvent | able to pay all legal debts |
| epicurean | of or relating to Epicurus or Epicureanism |
| propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |
| exclaim | to cry out or speak in strong or sudden emotion |
| meretricious | of or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution |
| jocund | marked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness |
| ferret | a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat |
| raze | to destroy to the ground : demolish |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| tacit | expressed or carried on without words or speech |