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 |
|---|---|
| amiable | friendly, sociable, and congenial |
| circumspect | careful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences : prudent |
| shed | to rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted |
| pry | to look closely or inquisitively |
| irrefutable | impossible to refute : incontrovertible |
| ecologist | a branch of science concerned with the interrelationship of organisms and their environments |
| anomalous | inconsistent with or deviating from what is usual, normal, or expected : irregular |
| ingenuous | showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness |
| resurrect | to raise from the dead |
| jargon | the technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group |