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 |
|---|---|
| fiat | an authoritative or arbitrary order : decree |
| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |
| denotation | an act or process of denoting |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| injurious | inflicting or tending to inflict injury : detrimental |
| forthcoming | being about to appear or to be produced or made available |
| repress | to check by or as if by pressure : curb |
| protrude | to jut out from the surrounding surface or context |
| coddle | to cook (something, such as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling point |
| yeoman | an attendant or officer in a royal or noble household |