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 |
|---|---|
| civil | of or relating to citizens |
| hygiene | a science of the establishment and maintenance of health |
| fleet | a number of warships under a single command |
| disaffected | discontented and resentful especially against authority : rebellious |
| idyllic | pleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity |
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| noxious | physically harmful or destructive to living beings |
| hermitage | the habitation of a hermit |
| proselytize | to induce someone to convert to one's faith |
| aversion | a feeling of repugnance toward something with a desire to avoid or turn from it |