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 |
|---|---|
| suspend | to debar temporarily especially from a privilege, office, or function |
| aloft | at or to a great height |
| debilitate | to impair the strength of : enfeeble |
| malady | a disease or disorder of the animal body |
| orator | one who delivers an oration |
| wheedle | to influence or entice by soft words or flattery |
| wastrel | vagabond |
| profane | to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate |
| precursor | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another |
| contumacious | stubbornly disobedient : rebellious |