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 |
|---|---|
| energize | to make energetic, vigorous, or active |
| sedulous | involving or accomplished with careful perseverance |
| buoyant | having buoyancy |
| transgression | an act, process, or instance of transgressing: such as |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| desolate | devoid of inhabitants and visitors : deserted |
| relegate | to send into exile : banish |
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
| ambush | to attack by surprise from a hidden place : waylay |
| cant | the expression or repetition of conventional or trite opinions or sentiments |