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 |
|---|---|
| pungent | sharply painful |
| injurious | inflicting or tending to inflict injury : detrimental |
| aspire | to seek to attain or accomplish a particular goal |
| pinnace | a light sailing ship |
| brackish | somewhat salty |
| temperate | having a moderate climate which especially lacks extremes in temperature |
| deranged | mentally unsound : crazy |
| fanfare | a short and lively sounding of trumpets |
| tensile | capable of tension : ductile |
| sinecure | an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income |