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 |
|---|---|
| graduate | to receive an academic degree or diploma |
| preposterous | contrary to nature, reason, or common sense : absurd |
| coagulate | to cause to become viscous or thickened into a coherent mass : curdle |
| transmute | to change or alter in form, appearance, or nature and especially to a higher form |
| squash | to press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush |
| tertiary | of third rank, importance, or value |
| wry | twist |
| travesty | a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation |
| spendthrift | a person who spends improvidently or wastefully |
| fitful | characterized by fits or paroxysms |