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 |
|---|---|
| idiosyncrasy | a peculiarity of constitution or temperament : an individualizing characteristic or quality |
| blithe | lacking due thought or consideration : casual |
| sagacious | of keen and farsighted penetration and judgment : discerning |
| frivolous | of little weight or importance |
| epitaph | an inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there |
| beneficent | doing or producing good |
| cumbersome | unwieldy because of heaviness and bulk |
| implausible | not plausible : provoking disbelief |
| firebrand | a piece of burning wood |
| mercantile | of or relating to merchants or trading |