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 |
|---|---|
| listless | characterized by lack of interest, energy, or spirit |
| anthology | a collection of selected literary pieces or passages or works of art or music |
| paltry | inferior |
| indemnify | to secure against hurt, loss, or damage |
| indigent | suffering from extreme poverty : impoverished |
| flighty | swift |
| philology | the study of literature and of disciplines relevant to literature or to language as used in literature |
| indict | to charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a jury (such as a grand jury) in due form of law |
| gingerly | very cautious or careful |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |