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 |
|---|---|
| disclose | to make known or public |
| predilection | an established preference for something |
| commodious | comfortably or conveniently spacious : roomy |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| filing | an act or instance of using a file |
| crinkle | to form many short bends or ripples |
| recapitulate | to retell or restate briefly : summarize |
| divine | of, relating to, or proceeding directly from God (see god |
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
| devoid | being without a usual, typical, or expected attribute or accompaniment |