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 |
|---|---|
| arduous | hard to accomplish or achieve : difficult |
| blighted | affected with blight (see blight |
| 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 |
| ameliorate | to make better or more tolerable |
| chafe | irritate |
| chortle | to sing or chant exultantly |
| bugaboo | an imaginary object of fear |
| denigrate | to attack the reputation of : defame |
| benediction | the invocation (see invocation |
| copious | yielding something abundantly |