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 |
|---|---|
| confluence | a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point |
| capricious | governed or characterized by caprice : impulsive |
| willowy | abounding with willows |
| unfledged | not feathered : not ready for flight |
| paramour | lover |
| eerie | so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine |
| pluck | to pull or pick off or out |
| primary | first in order of time or development : primitive |
| energize | to make energetic, vigorous, or active |
| indict | to charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a jury (such as a grand jury) in due form of law |