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 |
|---|---|
| ignoble | characterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness |
| query | question |
| vitreous | resembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) : glassy |
| snuffle | to snuff or sniff usually audibly and repeatedly |
| diverse | differing from one another : unlike |
| glimmer | to shine faintly or unsteadily |
| wary | marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger |
| vying | contending; to strive for superiority |
| foppish | foolish |
| lineaments | an outline, feature, or contour of a body or figure and especially of a face |