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 |
|---|---|
| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |
| militant | engaged in warfare or combat : fighting |
| brindled | having obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground |
| contest | strive |
| carnivorous | subsisting or feeding on animal tissues |
| inasmuch_as | since; owing to the fact that |
| dally | to act playfully |
| warranted | sanction |
| leery | suspicious |
| benevolent | marked by or disposed to doing good |