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 |
|---|---|
| boorish | resembling or befitting a rude or insensitive person : resembling or befitting a boor |
| overbearing | tending to overwhelm : overpowering |
| sovereignty | supreme power especially over a body politic |
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| shimmer | to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer |
| credo | a guiding belief or principle : creed |
| swill | wash |
| demerit | offense |
| horde | a political subdivision of central Asian nomads |
| tightwad | a close or miserly person |