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 |
|---|---|
| mauve | a moderate purple, violet, or lilac color |
| falter | to walk unsteadily : stumble |
| decapitate | to cut off the head of : behead |
| animadversion | a critical and usually censorious remark |
| instigate | to goad or urge forward : provoke |
| timidity | lacking in courage or self-confidence |
| millennium | the thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation |
| entreat | to plead with especially in order to persuade : ask urgently |
| impecunious | having very little or no money usually habitually : penniless |
| prevail | to gain ascendancy through strength or superiority : triumph |