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 |
|---|---|
| takeoff | a rise or leap from a surface in making a jump or flight or an ascent in an aircraft or in the launching of a rocket |
| fetter | a chain or shackle for the feet |
| strident | characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound |
| depose | to remove from a throne or other high position |
| saccharine | of, relating to, or resembling that of sugar |
| annals | a record of events arranged in yearly sequence |
| motley | variegated in color |
| uproarious | marked by uproar |
| discrete | constituting a separate entity : individually distinct |
| beneficent | doing or producing good |