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 |
|---|---|
| agglomeration | the action or process of collecting in a mass |
| floe | floating ice formed in a large sheet on the surface of a body of water |
| mutability | prone to change : inconstant |
| fanaticism | fanatic outlook or behavior |
| cohabit | to live together as or as if a married couple |
| pretend | to give a false appearance of being, possessing, or performing |
| dais | a raised platform (as in a hall or large room) |
| credulity | readiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence |
| contrive | devise |
| doggerel | loosely styled and irregular in measure especially for burlesque or comic effect |