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 |
|---|---|
| belated | delayed beyond the usual time |
| plenary | complete in every respect : absolute |
| stint | a period of time spent at a particular activity |
| suitor | one that petitions or entreats |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| consistency | agreement or harmony of parts or features to one another or a whole : correspondence |
| cardiologist | the study of the heart and its action and diseases |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| gamely | a physical or mental competition conducted according to rules with the participants in direct opposition to each other |
| bouillon | a clear seasoned soup made usually from lean beef |