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 |
|---|---|
| far-fetched | brought from a remote time or place |
| peon | any of various workers in India, Sri Lanka, or Malaysia: such as |
| categorical | absolute |
| broil | to cook by direct exposure to radiant heat : grill |
| maul | a heavy often wooden-headed hammer used especially for driving wedges |
| claustrophobia | abnormal dread of being in closed or narrow spaces |
| intrinsic | belonging to the essential nature or constitution of a thing |
| prank | trick |
| perigee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is nearest to the center of the earth |
| aspire | to seek to attain or accomplish a particular goal |