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 |
|---|---|
| shambles | a meat market |
| gist | essence; main point; substance |
| exclaim | to cry out or speak in strong or sudden emotion |
| tenuous | having little substance or strength : flimsy |
| gratis | without charge or recompense : free |
| advocacy | the act or process of supporting a cause or proposal : the act or process of advocating (see advocate |
| vulpine | of, relating to, or resembling a fox |
| temporal | of or relating to time as opposed to eternity |
| reparation | a repairing or keeping in repair |
| sluice | an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow |