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 |
|---|---|
| notch | a V-shaped indentation |
| gastronomy | the art or science of good eating |
| vile | morally despicable or abhorrent |
| seismic | of, subject to, or caused by an earthquake |
| aptitude | inclination |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| rout | a state of wild confusion or disorderly retreat |
| clapper | one that claps: such as |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |
| vintner | a wine merchant |