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).
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mandatory | required by a law or rule : obligatory |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
| nutrition | the act or process of nourishing or being nourished |
| astute | having or showing shrewdness and an ability to notice and understand things clearly : mentally sharp or clever |
| seminary | an environment in which something originates and from which it is propagated |
| therapeutic | of or relating to the treatment of disease or disorders by remedial agents or methods : curative |
| gerrymander | the act or method of gerrymandering |
| engaged | involved in activity : occupied |