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 |
|---|---|
| compute | to determine especially by mathematical means |
| beguile | hoodwink |
| lewd | obscene |
| stalemate | a drawing position in chess in which a player is not in checkmate but has no legal move to play |
| deposition | a testifying especially before a court |
| whimsy | whim |
| reiterate | to state or do over again or repeatedly sometimes with wearying effect |
| discordant | being at variance : disagreeing |
| chronic | continuing or occurring again and again for a long time |
| foil | to prevent from attaining an end : defeat |