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 |
|---|---|
| grudging | unwilling |
| demented | mad |
| fleece | the coat of wool covering a wool-bearing animal (such as a sheep) |
| abash | to destroy the self-possession or self-confidence of (someone) : disconcert |
| unfaltering | not wavering or weakening : firm |
| piquant | engagingly provocative |
| nostrum | a medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usually without scientific proof of its effectiveness |
| cogent | appealing forcibly to the mind or reason : convincing |
| dilate | to become enlarged or widened |
| piscatorial | piscatory |