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 |
|---|---|
| benevolent | marked by or disposed to doing good |
| regale | to entertain sumptuously : feast with delicacies |
| sap | the fluid part of a plant |
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
| scrupulous | having moral integrity : acting in strict regard for what is considered right or proper |
| yield | to bear or bring forth as a natural product especially as a result of cultivation |
| vestige | a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost |
| raffle | to engage in a raffle |
| offhand | without premeditation or preparation : extempore |
| recess | the action of receding : recession |