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 |
|---|---|
| exalt | to raise in rank, power, or character |
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| iniquitous | characterized by iniquity |
| frigid | intensely cold |
| reverberate | reflect |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| crestfallen | having a drooping crest or hanging head |
| destitute | lacking something needed or desirable |
| omnipresent | present in all places at all times |
| scowl | to contract the brow in an expression of displeasure |