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 |
|---|---|
| corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |
| coincidence | the act or condition of coinciding : correspondence |
| accessory | an object or device that is not essential in itself but adds to the beauty, convenience, or effectiveness of something else |
| dormer | a window set vertically in a structure projecting through a sloping roof |
| malaise | an indefinite feeling of debility or lack of health often indicative of or accompanying the onset of an illness |
| compilation | the act or process of compiling |
| timbre | the quality given to a sound by its overtones: such as |
| bouillon | a clear seasoned soup made usually from lean beef |
| scheme | a plan or program of action |
| berserk | an ancient Scandinavian warrior frenzied in battle and held to be invulnerable |