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 |
|---|---|
| tenacious | not easily pulled apart : cohesive |
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| proverb | a brief popular epigram or maxim : adage |
| exasperate | to cause irritation or annoyance to |
| lascivious | filled with or showing sexual desire : lewd |
| slither | to slide on or as if on a loose gravelly surface |
| penetrate | to pass into or through |
| overbearing | tending to overwhelm : overpowering |
| veritable | being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary |
| filial | of, relating to, or befitting a son or daughter |