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 |
|---|---|
| nostrum | a medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usually without scientific proof of its effectiveness |
| comatose | of, resembling, or affected with coma |
| repel | to drive back : repulse |
| satiate | filled to satiety |
| freebooter | pirate |
| parasite | an organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host |
| shunt | to turn off to one side : shift |
| compartment | a separate division or section |
| barefaced | having the face uncovered: |
| wangle | to resort to trickery or devious methods |