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 |
|---|---|
| refuse | to express oneself as unwilling to accept |
| satirical | of, relating to, or constituting satire |
| disaffected | discontented and resentful especially against authority : rebellious |
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |
| confidential | marked by intimacy or willingness to confide |
| recast | to cast again |
| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |
| gibe | to utter taunting words |
| devoid | being without a usual, typical, or expected attribute or accompaniment |
| breed | to produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation |