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 |
|---|---|
| loquacious | full of excessive talk : wordy |
| spoilsport | one who spoils the sport or pleasure of others |
| conversant | having knowledge or experience |
| autonomous | having the right or power of self-government |
| dank | unpleasantly moist or wet |
| begrudge | to give or concede reluctantly or with displeasure |
| intrinsic | belonging to the essential nature or constitution of a thing |
| dilute | attenuate |
| rationale | an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena |
| compulsion | an act of compelling |