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 |
|---|---|
| impoverish | to make poor |
| heed | to pay attention |
| amalgam | a mixture of different elements |
| abscond | to depart secretly and hide oneself |
| valedictory | of or relating to a valediction : expressing or containing a farewell |
| promulgate | to make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim |
| magnate | a person of rank, power, influence, or distinction often in a specified area |
| plait | pleat |
| infinitesimal | immeasurably or incalculably small |
| azure | the blue color of the clear sky |