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 |
|---|---|
| perturb | to cause to be worried or upset : disquiet |
| gastronomy | the art or science of good eating |
| recess | the action of receding : recession |
| dictum | a noteworthy statement: such as |
| carping | marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism |
| seethe | to suffer violent internal excitement |
| pungent | sharply painful |
| thermal | of, relating to, or caused by heat |
| venerable | calling forth respect through age, character, and attainments |
| kindle | to start (a fire) burning : light |