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 |
|---|---|
| rife | prevalent especially to an increasing degree |
| craven | lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| tenacious | not easily pulled apart : cohesive |
| aptitude | inclination |
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| vainglorious | marked by vainglory : boastful |
| troth | loyal or pledged faithfulness : fidelity |
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |