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 |
|---|---|
| wisp | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| unison | identity in musical pitch |
| clown | farmer |
| sanction | a formal decree |
| ruthless | having no pity : merciless |
| decollete | wearing a strapless or low-necked dress |
| emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |
| seemly | good-looking |
| beneficiary | a person or thing that receives help or an advantage from something : one that benefits from something |
| plumage | the feathers of a bird |