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 |
|---|---|
| stilted | pompous |
| discomfit | to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert |
| consanguineous | of the same blood or origin |
| seemly | good-looking |
| adjuration | a solemn oath |
| expostulation | an act or an instance of expostulating |
| queasy | causing nausea |
| bluff | having a broad flattened front |
| chary | discreetly cautious: such as |
| zenith | the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the nadir and vertically above the observer see azimuth illustration |