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 |
|---|---|
| scavenge | to remove (dirt, refuse, etc.) from an area |
| discrepancy | the quality or state of disagreeing or being at variance |
| bawdy | boisterously or humorously indecent |
| tract | a system of body parts or organs that act together to perform some function |
| clown | farmer |
| garnish | decorate |
| outmoded | not being in style |
| recline | to cause or permit to incline backwards |
| genesis | the origin or coming into being of something |
| wily | full of wiles : crafty |