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 |
|---|---|
| complicity | association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |
| daub | to cover or coat with soft adhesive matter : plaster |
| lull | to cause to sleep or rest : soothe |
| sluice | an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow |
| incongruity | the quality or state of being incongruous |
| lax | loose |
| queer | differing in some way from what is usual or normal : odd |
| exculpate | to clear from alleged fault or guilt |
| clime | climate |
| coda | a concluding musical section that is formally distinct from the main structure |