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 |
|---|---|
| detain | to hold or keep in or as if in custody |
| circuitous | having a circular or winding course |
| renown | a state of being widely acclaimed and highly honored : fame |
| trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |
| recluse | marked by withdrawal from society : solitary |
| pedigree | a register recording a line of ancestors |
| culinary | of or relating to the kitchen or cookery |
| bombardment | a late medieval cannon used to hurl large stones |
| ruthless | having no pity : merciless |
| leniency | the quality or state of being lenient |