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 |
|---|---|
| tread | to step or walk on or over |
| venial | of a kind that can be remitted : forgivable |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| silt | loose sedimentary material with rock particles usually ¹/₂₀ millimeter or less in diameter |
| serendipity | the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for |
| geriatrics | a branch of medicine that deals with the problems and diseases of old age and the medical care and treatment of aging people |
| aboriginal | being the first or earliest known of its kind present in a region |
| grate | grating |
| rake | an implement equipped with projecting prongs to gather material (such as leaves) or for loosening or smoothing the surface of the ground |
| gamely | a physical or mental competition conducted according to rules with the participants in direct opposition to each other |