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 |
|---|---|
| vainglorious | marked by vainglory : boastful |
| luminous | emitting or reflecting usually steady, suffused, or glowing light |
| qualified | fitted (as by training or experience) for a given purpose : competent |
| quicksilver | mercury |
| outmoded | not being in style |
| agog | full of intense interest or excitement : eager |
| proletarian | a member of the proletariat |
| hilarity | boisterous merriment or laughter |
| lewd | obscene |
| luster | a glow of reflected light : sheen |