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

WordMeaning
extrapolationto predict by projecting past experience or known data
optimista person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes : someone who is given to optimism
concavehollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl
hullthe outer covering of a fruit or seed
insensibleincapable or bereft of feeling or sensation: such as
munificentvery liberal in giving or bestowing (see bestow
perverseturned away from what is right or good : corrupt
insouciantlighthearted unconcern : nonchalance
reciprocalinversely related : opposite
blunderto move unsteadily or confusedly