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 |
|---|---|
| cadaver | a dead body |
| menial | a person doing menial work |
| castrate | to deprive (a male animal or person) of the testes |
| incapacitate | to deprive of capacity or natural power : disable |
| bedraggle | to wet thoroughly |
| drab | slattern |
| vigilant | alertly watchful especially to avoid danger |
| migrant | one that migrates: such as |
| construe | to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) |
| fraudulent | characterized by, based on, or done by fraud : deceitful |