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 |
|---|---|
| monotheism | the doctrine or belief that there is but one God |
| copious | yielding something abundantly |
| dazzle | to lose clear vision especially from looking at bright light |
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| hibernal | of, relating to, or occurring in winter |
| biennial | occurring every two years |
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
| correlation | the state or relation of being correlated |
| checkered | marked by alternating squares of different colors, shades, or materials |