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 |
|---|---|
| tepid | moderately warm : lukewarm |
| molt | to shed hair, feathers, shell, horns, or an outer layer periodically |
| annex | to attach as a quality, consequence, or condition |
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| exiguous | excessively scanty : inadequate |
| candor | unreserved, honest, or sincere expression : forthrightness |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| vagabond | a person who wanders from place to place without a fixed home : one leading a vagabond life |
| filial | of, relating to, or befitting a son or daughter |
| pallet | a straw-filled tick or mattress |