GRE Word List
ALLITERATION
the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs)
The meaning of the word alliteration is the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| veer | to change direction or course |
| vertigo | a sensation of motion in which the individual or the individual's surroundings seem to whirl dizzily |
| collected | gathered together |
| lascivious | filled with or showing sexual desire : lewd |
| cozen | to deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery |
| desiccate | to dry up |
| anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |
| recite | to repeat from memory or read aloud publicly |
| farce | stuff |
| reparable | capable of being repaired |