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 |
|---|---|
| feign | to give a false appearance of : induce as a false impression |
| refulgent | a radiant or resplendent quality or state : brilliance |
| run-down | an item-by-item report or review : summary |
| reprehensible | worthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable |
| commodious | comfortably or conveniently spacious : roomy |
| guffaw | a loud or boisterous burst of laughter |
| litigation | the act, process, or practice of settling a dispute in a court of law : the act or process of litigating |
| mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |
| disperse | to cause to break up (see break up |
| daze | to stupefy especially by a blow : stun |