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 |
|---|---|
| skulduggery | underhanded or unscrupulous behavior |
| forward | near, being at, or belonging to the forepart |
| spoilsport | one who spoils the sport or pleasure of others |
| subsume | to include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element |
| reconnaissance | a preliminary survey to gain information |
| retrench | cut down |
| philistine | a native or inhabitant of ancient Philistia |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| solder | a metal or metallic alloy used when melted to join metallic surfaces |
| orgy | secret ceremonial rites held in honor of an ancient Greek or Roman deity and usually characterized by ecstatic singing and dancing |