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 |
|---|---|
| euphoria | a feeling of well-being or elation |
| adage | a saying often in metaphorical form that typically embodies a common observation |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| scad | any of several carangid fishes (especially of the genus Decapterus) |
| inimitable | not capable of being imitated : matchless |
| trigger | a piece (such as a lever) connected with a catch or detent as a means of releasing it |
| drastic | acting rapidly or violently |
| graduate | to receive an academic degree or diploma |
| summation | the act or process of forming a sum : addition |
| veritable | being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary |