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 |
|---|---|
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |
| recondite | difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep |
| obsequious | marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness |
| indiscriminate | not marked by careful distinction : deficient in discrimination and discernment |
| sully | to make soiled or tarnished : defile |
| caliber | degree of mental capacity or moral quality |
| pudding | blood sausage |
| alloy | the degree of mixture with base metals : fineness |
| debunk | to expose the sham (see sham |
| hurtle | to move rapidly or forcefully |