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 |
|---|---|
| philanderer | a man who has sexual relations with many women |
| mutter | to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed |
| placid | serenely free of interruption or disturbance |
| opportune | suitable or convenient for a particular occurrence |
| vigor | active bodily or mental strength or force |
| adage | a saying often in metaphorical form that typically embodies a common observation |
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |
| cathartic | of, relating to, or producing catharsis |
| bugaboo | an imaginary object of fear |
| swagger | to conduct oneself in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner |