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 |
|---|---|
| assent | to agree to or approve of something (such as an idea or suggestion) especially after thoughtful consideration : concur |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| mercurial | of, relating to, or born under the planet Mercury |
| obfuscate | to throw into shadow : darken |
| chuckle | to laugh inwardly or quietly |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| laceration | the act of lacerating |
| asinine | extremely or utterly foolish or silly |
| shed | to rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted |