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 |
|---|---|
| proxy | the agency, function, or office of a deputy who acts as a substitute for another |
| betray | to lead astray |
| genuflect | to bend the knee |
| ascertain | to find out or learn with certainty |
| slander | to utter slander against : defame |
| dilettante | a person having a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge : dabbler |
| acclimate | to adapt (someone) to a new temperature, altitude, climate, environment, or situation |
| barb | a medieval cloth headdress passing over or under the chin and covering the neck |
| insinuate | to impart or suggest in an artful or indirect way : imply |
| gregarious | tending to associate with others of one's kind : social |