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 |
|---|---|
| solicit | to make petition to : entreat |
| indecisive | marked by or prone to indecision : irresolute |
| wean | to accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing |
| fertile | producing or bearing many crops in great quantities : productive |
| rakish | of, relating to, or characteristic of a rake : dissolute |
| decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |
| recapitulate | to retell or restate briefly : summarize |
| dossier | a file containing detailed records on a particular person or subject |
| verve | the spirit and enthusiasm animating artistic composition or performance : vivacity |
| infernal | of or relating to a nether world of the dead |