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

WordMeaning
accoutreto provide with equipment or furnishings : outfit
instigateto goad or urge forward : provoke
suppliantsupplicant
odiumthe state or fact of being subjected to hatred and contempt as a result of a despicable act or blameworthy circumstance
purgeto clear of guilt
impetusa driving force : impulse
etherealof or relating to the regions beyond the earth
dotagea state or period of senile decay marked by decline of mental poise and alertness
pervertto cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt
gustthe sensation of taste