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 |
|---|---|
| wake | to be or remain awake |
| disjunction | a sharp cleavage : disunion |
| interrogate | to question formally and systematically |
| orthography | the art of writing words with the proper letters according to standard usage |
| sleazy | lacking firmness of texture : flimsy |
| libertine | a freethinker especially in religious matters |
| meddlesome | given to meddling |
| unassailable | not assailable : not liable to doubt, attack, or question |
| mote | a small particle : speck |
| crass | gross |