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 |
|---|---|
| tender | marked by, responding to, or expressing the softer emotions : fond |
| contrive | devise |
| seismic | of, subject to, or caused by an earthquake |
| wrest | to pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements |
| matrix | something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form |
| molt | to shed hair, feathers, shell, horns, or an outer layer periodically |
| swindler | to obtain money or property by fraud or deceit |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
| bouillon | a clear seasoned soup made usually from lean beef |
| irrevocable | not possible to revoke : unalterable |