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 |
|---|---|
| causal | expressing or indicating cause : causative |
| precipitate | to throw violently : hurl |
| stanza | a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe |
| interstice | a space that intervenes between things |
| penchant | a strong and continued inclination |
| sturdy | firmly built or constituted : stout |
| ravenous | rapacious |
| nebulous | of, relating to, or resembling a nebula : nebular |
| commonwealth | a nation, state, or other political unit: such as |
| egregious | conspicuous |