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 |
|---|---|
| despoil | to strip of belongings, possessions, or value : pillage |
| despise | to look down on with disrespect or aversion |
| titter | to laugh in a nervous, affected, or partly suppressed manner : giggle |
| verbiage | a profusion of words usually of little or obscure content |
| exceptionable | being likely to cause objection : objectionable |
| peremptory | putting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay |
| itinerant | traveling from place to place |
| appropriate | especially suitable or compatible : fitting |
| flounder | flatfish |
| shambles | a meat market |