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 |
|---|---|
| tremor | a trembling or shaking usually from physical weakness, emotional stress, or disease |
| actuarial | of or relating to actuaries |
| capitulate | to surrender often after negotiation of terms |
| dummy | a person who is incapable of speaking |
| disperse | to cause to break up (see break up |
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| rancor | bitter deep-seated ill will |
| invert | to reverse in position, order, or relationship |
| archipelago | an expanse of water with many scattered islands |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |