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 |
|---|---|
| prominent | standing out or projecting beyond a surface or line : protuberant |
| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |
| graduate | to receive an academic degree or diploma |
| impair | to diminish in function, ability, or quality : to weaken or make worse |
| crust | the hardened exterior or surface part of bread |
| homogeneous | of the same or a similar kind or nature |
| overblown | past the prime of bloom |
| ravenous | rapacious |
| polarize | to cause to vibrate in a definite pattern |
| panacea | a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all |