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 |
|---|---|
| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |
| turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |
| alloy | the degree of mixture with base metals : fineness |
| agape | wide open : gaping |
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| hue_and_cry | outcry; loud cry or clamor; strong protest; Ex. hue and cry against the new rule |
| ethos | the distinguishing character, sentiment, moral nature, or guiding beliefs of a person, group, or institution |
| testy | easily annoyed : irritable |
| fluctuate | to shift back and forth uncertainly |
| outlandish | of or relating to another country : foreign |