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
interrogateto question formally and systematically
turbidthick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment
strutto become turgid : swell
ambidextroususing both hands with equal ease or dexterity
refractiondeflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different
carpingmarked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism
addenduma thing added : addition
rompone that romps
concurto express agreement
gullany of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae)