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 |
|---|---|
| latent | present and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic |
| expedient | suitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance |
| discriminating | making a distinction : distinguishing |
| anodyne | serving to alleviate pain |
| beset | to set or stud with or as if with ornaments |
| fancied | imagined or believed to be true or real |
| susceptible | capable of submitting to an action, process, or operation |
| stem_from | arise from; originate from |
| genuflect | to bend the knee |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |