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 |
|---|---|
| stamina | the bodily or mental capacity to sustain a prolonged stressful effort or activity : endurance |
| penology | a branch of criminology dealing with prison management and the treatment of offenders |
| paltry | inferior |
| uproar | a state of commotion, excitement, or violent disturbance |
| gobble | to swallow or eat greedily |
| recreant | crying for mercy : cowardly |
| jaundiced | affected with or as if with jaundice |
| chant | to make melodic sounds with the voice |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| ironic | relating to, containing, or constituting irony |