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 |
|---|---|
| blatant | noisy especially in a vulgar or offensive manner : clamorous |
| amplify | to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis |
| distrait | apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted |
| sneak | to go stealthily or furtively : slink |
| plumb | a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction |
| rotunda | a round building |
| expeditious | marked by or acting with prompt efficiency |
| shudder | to tremble convulsively : shiver |
| palm | any of a family (Palmae synonym Arecaceae) of mostly tropical or subtropical monocotyledonous trees, shrubs, or vines with usually a simple stem and a terminal crown of large pinnate or fan-shaped leaves |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |