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 |
|---|---|
| rustle | to make or cause a rustle |
| persevere | to persist in a state, enterprise, or undertaking in spite of counterinfluences, opposition, or discouragement |
| recondite | difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep |
| acne | a disorder of the skin caused by inflammation of the skin glands and hair follicles |
| predator | an organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation |
| testy | easily annoyed : irritable |
| boon | a timely benefit : blessing |
| cadet | a younger brother or son |
| arbiter | a person with power to decide a dispute : judge |
| lunatic | affected with a severely disordered state of mind : insane |