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 |
|---|---|
| supercilious | coolly and patronizingly haughty |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| vituperative | uttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse |
| autonomous | having the right or power of self-government |
| intermediary | mediator |
| cuisine | manner of preparing food : style of cooking |
| render | to melt down |
| gradation | a series forming successive stages |
| oculist | ophthalmologist |
| estimable | capable of being estimated |