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 |
|---|---|
| nefarious | flagrantly wicked or impious : evil |
| gerrymander | the act or method of gerrymandering |
| leeway | an allowable margin of freedom or variation : tolerance |
| carousal | a wild, drunken party or celebration : a drunken revel : carouse |
| oaf | a stupid person : boob |
| confidential | marked by intimacy or willingness to confide |
| piecemeal | one piece at a time : gradually |
| indoctrinate | to imbue with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, point of view, or principle |
| relevant | having significant and demonstrable bearing on the matter at hand |
| proselytize | to induce someone to convert to one's faith |