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 |
|---|---|
| indignation | anger aroused by something unjust, unworthy, or mean |
| ultimatum | a final proposition, condition, or demand |
| incongruity | the quality or state of being incongruous |
| indigent | suffering from extreme poverty : impoverished |
| cordial | showing or marked by warm and often hearty friendliness, favor, or approval |
| mirth | gladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter |
| repast | something taken as food : meal |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| molecule | the smallest particle of a substance that retains all the properties (see property |
| veracious | truthful |