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 |
|---|---|
| predilection | an established preference for something |
| recess | the action of receding : recession |
| capitulate | to surrender often after negotiation of terms |
| crux | a puzzling or difficult problem : an unsolved question |
| emboss | to raise the surface of into bosses |
| dissertation | an extended usually written treatment of a subject |
| tome | book |
| flowery | of, relating to, or resembling flowers |
| impromptu | made, done, or formed on or as if on the spur of the moment : improvised |
| taunt | to reproach or challenge in a mocking or insulting manner : jeer at |