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 |
|---|---|
| wisp | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| stink | to emit a strong offensive odor |
| invective | insulting or abusive language : vituperation |
| myriad | ten thousand |
| collate | to compare critically |
| charlatan | quack |
| repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
| insensate | lacking sense or understanding |