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 |
|---|---|
| wispy | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| upbraid | to criticize severely : find fault with |
| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
| precipitant | precipitate |
| ensue | to strive to attain : pursue |
| conjugal | of or relating to the married state or to married persons and their relations : connubial |
| insubstantial | not substantial: such as |
| prophetic | of, relating to, or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy |
| cerebration | to use the mind : think |
| acrimonious | angry and bitter : caustic, biting, or rancorous especially in feeling, language, or manner |