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 |
|---|---|
| drudgery | dull, irksome, and fatiguing work : uninspiring or menial labor |
| leaven | a substance (such as yeast) used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid |
| anneal | to heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle |
| deb\^acle | sudden disastrous downfall or defeat; complete disaster |
| expatriate | banish |
| overweening | arrogant |
| thresh | to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically |
| ludicrous | amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity |
| lampoon | satire |
| bluff | having a broad flattened front |