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 |
|---|---|
| compartment | a separate division or section |
| filch | to steal secretly or casually |
| brazen | made of brass |
| indigenous | produced, growing, living, or occurring natively or naturally in a particular region or environment |
| advocate | one who defends or maintains a cause or proposal |
| self-indulgence | excessive or unrestrained gratification of one's own appetites, desires, or whims |
| obtrude | to thrust out : extrude |
| throttle | to compress the throat of : choke |
| indict | to charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a jury (such as a grand jury) in due form of law |
| din | a loud continued noise |