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 |
|---|---|
| dank | unpleasantly moist or wet |
| implication | something implied: such as |
| untoward | difficult to guide, manage, or work with : unruly |
| rubric | an authoritative rule |
| fake | not true, real, or genuine : counterfeit |
| transport | to transfer or convey from one place to another |
| mendicant | beggar |
| clout | a piece of cloth or leather : rag |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| mantle | a loose sleeveless garment worn over other clothes : cloak |