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 |
|---|---|
| abstract | disassociated from any specific instance |
| infirmity | the quality or state of being infirm |
| plutocracy | government by the wealthy |
| sadistic | of, relating to, or characterized by sadism |
| ennui | a feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction : boredom |
| fell | skin |
| favoritism | the showing of special favor : partiality |
| cognitive | of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering) |
| incidental | being likely to ensue as a chance or minor consequence |
| clown | farmer |