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 |
|---|---|
| prey | an animal taken by a predator as food |
| enervate | lacking physical, mental, or moral vigor : enervated |
| piebald | composed of incongruous parts |
| plaster | a medicated or protective dressing that consists of a film (as of cloth or plastic) spread with a usually medicated substance |
| somber | so shaded as to be dark and gloomy |
| peerless | matchless |
| abortive | prematurely born |
| bequeath | to give or leave by will (see will |
| excoriate | to wear off the skin of : abrade |
| constituent | a member of a constituency |