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 |
|---|---|
| glower | to look or stare with sullen annoyance or anger |
| trickster | one who tricks: such as |
| wanderlust | strong longing for or impulse toward wandering |
| loiter | to delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle |
| constraint | the act of constraining |
| memoir | an official note or report : memorandum |
| retort | to pay or hurl back : return |
| succumb | to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire |
| malcontent | a discontented person: |
| chivalrous | valiant |