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 |
|---|---|
| contend | to strive or vie in contest or rivalry or against difficulties : struggle |
| nourishment | food |
| furor | an angry or maniacal fit : rage |
| decorous | marked by propriety and good taste : correct |
| stagnant | not flowing in a current or stream |
| restive | stubbornly resisting control : balky |
| defrock | to deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office |
| memorial | serving to preserve remembrance : commemorative |
| centrifuge | a machine using centrifugal force for separating substances of different densities, for removing moisture, or for simulating gravitational effects |
| perspicuous | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |