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 |
|---|---|
| allure | to entice by charm or attraction |
| skulduggery | underhanded or unscrupulous behavior |
| debut | a first appearance |
| lofty | elevated in character and spirit : noble |
| furrow | a trench in the earth made by a plow |
| flaccid | not firm or stiff |
| anodyne | serving to alleviate pain |
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
| saturnine | born under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn |
| parity | the quality or state of being equal or equivalent |