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 |
|---|---|
| respite | a period of temporary delay |
| smolder | to burn sluggishly, without flame, and often with much smoke |
| fauna | animal life |
| muse | to become absorbed in thought |
| prey | an animal taken by a predator as food |
| dawdle | to spend time idly |
| tout | to make much of : promote |
| eugenic | relating to or fitted for the production of good offspring |
| beatific | of, possessing, or imparting beatitude |
| aquiline | curving like an eagle's beak |