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 |
|---|---|
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
| correlate | either of two things so related that one directly implies or is complementary to the other (such as husband and wife) |
| nautical | of, relating to, or associated with seamen, navigation, or ships |
| sidereal | of, relating to, or expressed in relation to stars or constellations : astral |
| obligatory | binding in law or conscience |
| paradigm | example |
| constraint | the act of constraining |
| sagacious | of keen and farsighted penetration and judgment : discerning |
| sect | a dissenting or schismatic religious body |
| somnolent | of a kind likely to induce sleep |