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 |
|---|---|
| truculence | the quality or state of being truculent |
| vigil | the act of keeping awake at times when sleep is customary |
| caption | the part of a legal document that shows where, when, and by what authority it was taken, found, or executed |
| snip | a small piece that is snipped off |
| sanctuary | a consecrated place: such as |
| reprobation | the act of reprobating : the state of being reprobated |
| secular | of or relating to the worldly or temporal |
| gale | a strong current of air: |
| capillary | resembling a hair especially in slender elongated form |
| dart | a light spear |