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 |
|---|---|
| melee | a confused struggle |
| partition | the action of parting : the state of being parted : division |
| bauble | trinket |
| reticent | inclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech : reserved |
| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |
| chaotic | marked by chaos or being in a state of chaos : completely confused or disordered |
| gruff | rough, brusque, or stern in manner, speech, or aspect |
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |
| negate | to deny the existence or truth of |
| whet | to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone) |