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 |
|---|---|
| lionize | to treat as an object of great interest or importance |
| unwieldy | not easily managed, handled, or used (as because of bulk, weight, complexity, or awkwardness) : cumbersome |
| abode | the place where one lives : home |
| giddy | dizzy |
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
| nurse | a person who cares for the sick or infirm |
| forensic | belonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate |
| incommodious | not commodious : inconvenient |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| infantile | of or relating to infants or infancy |