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 |
|---|---|
| abhor | to regard with extreme repugnance : to feel hatred or loathing for : loathe |
| earn | to receive as return for effort and especially for work done or services rendered |
| touchstone | a fundamental or quintessential part or feature : basis |
| causal | expressing or indicating cause : causative |
| taint | to contaminate morally : corrupt |
| evoke | to call forth or up: such as |
| metamorphosis | change of physical form, structure, or substance especially by supernatural means |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| jaded | fatigued by overwork : exhausted |
| disclose | to make known or public |