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 |
|---|---|
| cemetery | a burial ground |
| unwonted | being out of the ordinary : rare |
| podiatrist | the medical care and treatment of the human foot |
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| brisk | keenly alert : lively |
| partiality | the quality or state of being partial : bias |
| pushy | aggressive often to an objectionable degree : forward |
| adherent | one who adheres to something: such as |
| boor | peasant |
| haggard | not tamed |