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 |
|---|---|
| fecundity | fruitful in offspring or vegetation : prolific |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| tawdry | cheap and gaudy in appearance or quality |
| conformist | one who conforms : a person who behaves in accordance with prevailing standards or customs and typically dislikes or avoids unconventional behavior |
| distraught | agitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain |
| fortuitous | occurring by chance |
| ciliated | possessing cilia |
| venal | capable of being bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration : purchasable |
| defrock | to deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office |
| censorious | marked by or given to censure (see censure |