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
pedigreea register recording a line of ancestors
trekto make one's way arduously
posthumousborn after the death of the father
emendto correct usually by textual alterations
quarrygame
collagean artistic composition made of various materials (such as paper, cloth, or wood) glued on a surface
vicariousexperienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another
jumbleto move in a confused or disordered manner
latitudeangular distance from some specified circle or plane of reference: such as
practicalof, relating to, or manifested in practice or action : not theoretical or ideal