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 |
|---|---|
| leave-taking | departure |
| predilection | an established preference for something |
| quicksilver | mercury |
| bicker | petulant quarreling : altercation |
| swindler | to obtain money or property by fraud or deceit |
| homily | a usually short sermon |
| wrongheaded | stubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles |
| blotch | to mark or mar with blotches |
| hapless | having no luck : unfortunate |
| sacrosanct | most sacred or holy : inviolable |