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 |
|---|---|
| catholic | roman catholic |
| fresco | the art of painting on freshly spread moist lime plaster with water-based pigments |
| pandemonium | a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people) |
| ruse | a wily subterfuge |
| mercurial | of, relating to, or born under the planet Mercury |
| oratorio | a lengthy choral work usually of a religious nature consisting chiefly of recitatives, arias, and choruses without action or scenery |
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |
| equanimity | evenness of mind especially under stress |
| daub | to cover or coat with soft adhesive matter : plaster |
| despoil | to strip of belongings, possessions, or value : pillage |