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 |
|---|---|
| unequivocal | leaving no doubt : clear |
| gingerly | very cautious or careful |
| lance | a steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry |
| egregious | conspicuous |
| ovoid | resembling an egg in shape : ovate |
| bacchanal | orgy |
| suckle | to give milk to from the breast or udder |
| alias | otherwise called : otherwise known as |
| qualms | a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |
| barefaced | having the face uncovered: |