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 |
|---|---|
| illusive | based on or producing illusion : illusory |
| maelstrom | a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
| bandy | to discuss lightly or banteringly |
| gentility | the condition of belonging to the gentry |
| incisive | impressively direct and decisive (as in manner or presentation) |
| gainsay | to declare to be untrue or invalid |
| feral | of, relating to, or suggestive of a wild beast |
| nascent | coming or having recently come into existence |
| unceremonious | not ceremonious : informal |