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 |
|---|---|
| slick | having a smooth surface : slippery |
| mortician | undertaker |
| havoc | wide and general destruction : devastation |
| impeach | to charge with a crime or misdemeanor |
| temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |
| patois | a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect |
| discount | a reduction made from the gross (see gross |
| decry | to depreciate (something, such as a coin) officially or publicly |
| rickety | affected with rickets |
| chauvinist | an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex |