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 |
|---|---|
| attest | to affirm to be true or genuine |
| intransigence | the quality or state of being intransigent |
| amputate | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| redundant | exceeding what is necessary or normal : superfluous |
| crest | a showy tuft or process on the head of an animal and especially a bird see bird illustration |
| insouciant | lighthearted unconcern : nonchalance |
| subliminal | inadequate to produce a sensation or a perception |
| wispy | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| heyday | the period of one's greatest popularity, vigor, or prosperity |
| militia | a part of the organized armed forces of a country liable to call only in emergency |