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 |
|---|---|
| flora | a treatise on or list of the plants of an area or period |
| exposure | the fact or condition of being exposed: such as |
| libertine | a freethinker especially in religious matters |
| outrage | an act of violence or brutality |
| definitive | serving to provide a final solution or to end a situation |
| bifurcated | divided into two branches or parts |
| humor | that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : a funny or amusing quality |
| insightful | exhibiting or characterized by insight |
| execrate | to declare to be evil or detestable : denounce |
| jocular | said or done as a joke : characterized by jesting : playful |