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 |
|---|---|
| humid | containing or characterized by perceptible moisture especially to the point of being oppressive |
| vendor | one that vends : seller |
| hegemony | preponderant influence or authority over others : domination |
| integrity | firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values : incorruptibility |
| interim | an intervening time : interval |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| primordial | first created or developed : primeval |
| rally | to muster for a common purpose |
| peccadillo | a slight offense |
| accretion | the process of growth or enlargement by a gradual buildup: such as |