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 |
|---|---|
| propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |
| jabber | to talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly |
| opportunist | one that is opportunistic or that practices opportunism |
| encompass | include |
| irrefutable | impossible to refute : incontrovertible |
| vintner | a wine merchant |
| peregrination | to travel especially on foot : walk |
| disabuse | to free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy |
| mock | to treat with contempt or ridicule : deride |
| ambrosia | the food of the Greek and Roman gods |