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 |
|---|---|
| bliss | complete happiness |
| panacea | a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all |
| edifice | building |
| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |
| commune | talk over |
| distinctive | marking as separate or different : serving to distinguish |
| grandiose | characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration |
| beatitude | a state of utmost bliss |
| hoax | to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous |
| roster | a roll or list of personnel |