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 |
|---|---|
| paean | a joyous song or hymn of praise, tribute, thanksgiving, or triumph |
| voluminous | having or marked by great volume or bulk : large |
| unravel | to disengage or separate the threads of : disentangle |
| peruse | to examine or consider with attention and in detail : study |
| discombobulated | characterized by confusion or disorder |
| moribund | being in the state of dying : approaching death |
| growl | rumble |
| gaudy | ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented |
| conflagration | fire |
| bookish | of or relating to books |