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 |
|---|---|
| seduce | to persuade to disobedience or disloyalty |
| paradox | one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases |
| disfigure | to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries |
| brochure | pamphlet |
| sedition | incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority |
| braggadocio | empty boasting |
| obstetrician | a physician specializing in obstetrics |
| scheme | a plan or program of action |
| defray | to provide for the payment of : pay |
| desecrate | to violate the sanctity of : profane |