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 |
|---|---|
| splice | to unite (two ropes or two parts of a rope) by interweaving the strands |
| seedy | containing or full of seeds |
| comely | pleasurably conforming to notions of good appearance, suitability, or proportion |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| jibe | to be in accord : agree |
| vintner | a wine merchant |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| vestige | a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost |
| cadaver | a dead body |
| pallid | deficient in color : wan |