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 |
|---|---|
| zest | a piece of the peel of a citrus fruit (such as an orange or lemon) used as flavoring |
| proverb | a brief popular epigram or maxim : adage |
| discord | lack of agreement or harmony (as between persons, things, or ideas) |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| sophisticated | deprived of native or original simplicity: such as |
| matriculate | to enroll as a member of a body and especially of a college or university |
| fracas | a noisy quarrel : brawl |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| jumble | to move in a confused or disordered manner |
| punitive | inflicting, involving, or aiming at punishment |