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 |
|---|---|
| ameliorate | to make better or more tolerable |
| wither | to become dry and sapless |
| maverick | an unbranded range animal |
| kismet | fate |
| adjoin | to add or attach by joining |
| incoherent | lacking coherence: such as |
| vitreous | resembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) : glassy |
| aplomb | complete and confident composure or self-assurance : poise |
| reprehensible | worthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable |
| graduated | marked with divisions indicating degrees or units of measurement |