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 |
|---|---|
| bacchanalian | a Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry |
| lagoon | a shallow sound, channel, or pond near or communicating with a larger body of water |
| quicksilver | mercury |
| codify | to reduce to a code |
| insalubrious | not conducive to health : unwholesome |
| irresolute | uncertain how to act or proceed : vacillating |
| clown | farmer |
| perspicuity | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| manipulate | to treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner |
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |