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 |
|---|---|
| mandatory | required by a law or rule : obligatory |
| repertoire | a list or supply of dramas, operas, pieces, or parts that a company or person is prepared to perform |
| urbane | notably polite or polished in manner |
| ungainly | lacking in smoothness or dexterity : clumsy |
| dearth | scarcity that makes dear |
| errant | behaving wrongly |
| shudder | to tremble convulsively : shiver |
| haggard | not tamed |
| glow | to shine with or as if with an intense heat |
| intrude | to thrust oneself in without invitation, permission, or welcome |