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 |
|---|---|
| supposition | something that is supposed : hypothesis |
| enumerate | to ascertain the number of : count |
| confluence | a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point |
| juridical | of or relating to the administration of justice or the office of a judge |
| gadfly | any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock |
| lexicon | a book containing an alphabetical arrangement of the words in a language and their definitions : dictionary |
| gastronomy | the art or science of good eating |
| obloquy | a strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language |
| mace | an aromatic spice consisting of the dried external fibrous covering of a nutmeg |
| graphite | a soft black lustrous form of carbon that conducts electricity and is used in lead pencils and electrolytic anodes, as a lubricant, and as a moderator in nuclear reactors |