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 |
|---|---|
| rail | a bar extending from one post or support to another and serving as a guard or barrier |
| haunt | to visit often : frequent |
| predilection | an established preference for something |
| hideous | offensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly |
| laborious | involving, requiring, or characterized by hard and sustained effort : arduous |
| inimical | being adverse often by reason of hostility or malevolence |
| ingrained | forming a part of the essence or inmost being : deep-seated |
| precursor | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another |
| peripatetic | a follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism |
| ancillary | subordinate |