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 |
|---|---|
| vying | contending; to strive for superiority |
| lucid | suffused with light : luminous |
| pillage | the act of looting or plundering especially in war |
| console | an architectural member projecting from a wall to form a bracket or from a keystone for ornament |
| vindicate | to free from allegation or blame |
| rivulet | a small stream |
| humid | containing or characterized by perceptible moisture especially to the point of being oppressive |
| feline | of, relating to, or affecting cats or the cat family |
| noisome | noxious |
| knotty | marked by or full of knots |