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
indigencea level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking
misanthropea person who hates or distrusts humankind
mingleto bring or mix together or with something else usually without fundamental loss of identity : intermix
uniformitythe quality or state of being uniform
disbarto expel from the bar or the legal profession : deprive (an attorney) of legal status and privileges
modean arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval
theoreticalexisting only in theory : hypothetical
contrivedhaving an unnatural or false appearance or quality : artificial
disparitya noticeable and usually significant difference or dissimilarity
raconteura person who excels in telling anecdotes