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 |
|---|---|
| tipple | to drink liquor especially by habit or to excess |
| graduated | marked with divisions indicating degrees or units of measurement |
| fitful | characterized by fits or paroxysms |
| sledge | sledgehammer |
| latitude | angular distance from some specified circle or plane of reference: such as |
| commemorative | intended as a commemoration |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| peripheral | of, relating to, involving, or forming a periphery or surface part |
| pulpit | an elevated platform or high reading desk used in preaching or conducting a worship service |
| fractious | tending to be troublesome : unruly |