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 |
|---|---|
| intermediary | mediator |
| awl | a pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood) |
| wage | a payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis |
| disheveled | marked by disorder or disarray |
| dainty | something delicious to the taste |
| barterer | to trade by exchanging one commodity for another : to trade goods or services in exchange for other goods or services |
| stigma | a mark of shame or discredit : stain |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| amok | an episode of sudden mass assault against people or objects usually by a single individual following a period of brooding that has traditionally been regarded as occurring especially in Malaysian culture but is now increasingly viewed as psychopathological behavior occurring worldwide in numerous countries and cultures |
| avenge | to take vengeance for or on behalf of |