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 |
|---|---|
| diadem | crown |
| padre | a Christian clergyman |
| slaughter | the act of killing |
| nexus | connection |
| detonation | the action or process of detonating |
| fecundity | fruitful in offspring or vegetation : prolific |
| dynamo | generator |
| precocious | exceptionally early in development or occurrence |
| verbalize | to express something in words |
| punitive | inflicting, involving, or aiming at punishment |