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 |
|---|---|
| distill | to let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate |
| conviction | the act or process of finding a person guilty of a crime especially in a court of law |
| indissoluble | not dissoluble |
| delete | to eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing |
| ambush | to attack by surprise from a hidden place : waylay |
| ancestry | line of descent : lineage |
| felicity | the quality or state of being happy |
| indoctrinate | to imbue with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, point of view, or principle |
| halfhearted | lacking heart, spirit, or interest |
| pigment | a substance that imparts black or white or a color to other materials |