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 |
|---|---|
| abstruse | difficult to comprehend : recondite |
| remunerative | serving to remunerate |
| astringent | causing a tightening of soft organic tissues : styptic |
| score | twenty |
| treatise | a systematic exposition or argument in writing including a methodical discussion of the facts and principles involved and conclusions reached |
| codicil | a legal instrument made to modify an earlier will |
| wanderlust | strong longing for or impulse toward wandering |
| jocose | given to joking : merry |
| trifle | something of little value, substance, or importance |
| tureen | a deep and usually covered bowl from which foods (such as soup) are served |