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 |
|---|---|
| imperturbable | marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness : serene |
| glare | to shine with a harsh uncomfortably brilliant light |
| pulmonary | of, relating to, affecting, or occurring in the lungs |
| hothead | a hotheaded person |
| subjective | of, relating to, or constituting a subject: such as |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| cursive | running |
| ingrained | forming a part of the essence or inmost being : deep-seated |
| impecunious | having very little or no money usually habitually : penniless |
| anonymity | the quality or state of being anonymous |