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 |
|---|---|
| disparage | to depreciate (see depreciate |
| deliberate | to think about or discuss issues and decisions carefully |
| commune | talk over |
| ruse | a wily subterfuge |
| trivia | unimportant matters : trivial facts or details |
| mete | to give out by measure : dole out |
| habitat | the place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows |
| disabuse | to free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy |
| tutelary | having the guardianship of a person or a thing |
| breed | to produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation |