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

WordMeaning
complicityassociation or participation in or as if in a wrongful act
daubto cover or coat with soft adhesive matter : plaster
lullto cause to sleep or rest : soothe
sluicean artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow
incongruitythe quality or state of being incongruous
laxloose
queerdiffering in some way from what is usual or normal : odd
exculpateto clear from alleged fault or guilt
climeclimate
codaa concluding musical section that is formally distinct from the main structure