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 |
|---|---|
| dismiss | to permit or cause to leave |
| maim | to mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously |
| facade | the front of a building |
| salutary | producing a beneficial effect : remedial |
| heckler | one who heckles someone (such as a performer or speaker) usually by shouting criticisms or insults |
| adventitious | coming from another source and not inherent or innate |
| statute | a law enacted by the legislative branch of a government |
| recurrent | running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course |
| discursive | moving from topic to topic without order : rambling |
| draft | the act of drawing or pulling in a net |