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 |
|---|---|
| yore | time past and especially long past |
| inquisitor | one who inquires or makes inquisition |
| rift | fissure |
| skirmish | a minor fight in war usually incidental to larger movements |
| shrewd | marked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen |
| clique | a narrow exclusive circle or group of persons |
| vendetta | blood feud |
| gull | any of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae) |
| extrinsic | not forming part of or belonging to a thing : extraneous |
| rigid | deficient in or devoid of flexibility |