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 |
|---|---|
| retrieve | to locate and bring in (killed or wounded game) |
| rasp | to rub with something rough |
| fussy | easily upset : irritable |
| hindmost | farthest to the rear : last |
| incommodious | not commodious : inconvenient |
| recurrent | running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course |
| stint | a period of time spent at a particular activity |
| benediction | the invocation (see invocation |
| raffle | to engage in a raffle |
| forthcoming | being about to appear or to be produced or made available |