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 |
|---|---|
| gamely | a physical or mental competition conducted according to rules with the participants in direct opposition to each other |
| disconcert | to throw into confusion |
| authenticate | to prove or serve to prove to be real, true, or genuine |
| caprice | a sudden, impulsive, and seemingly unmotivated notion or action |
| touchstone | a fundamental or quintessential part or feature : basis |
| antecede | precede |
| perpetuate | to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely |
| anneal | to heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle |
| venal | capable of being bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration : purchasable |
| astringent | causing a tightening of soft organic tissues : styptic |