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 |
|---|---|
| malediction | curse |
| sleek | slick |
| appurtenances | accessory objects |
| ruse | a wily subterfuge |
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| preternatural | existing outside of nature |
| eschew | to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun |
| diminution | the act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease |
| awe | an emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime |
| opus | work |