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 |
|---|---|
| husbandry | the cultivation or production of plants or animals : agriculture |
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |
| collected | gathered together |
| hovel | an open shed or shelter |
| mitigate | to cause to become less harsh or hostile : mollify |
| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |
| reputable | enjoying good repute : held in esteem |
| pariah | a member of a low caste of southern India |
| stereotype | to make a stereotype from |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |