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).
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| distend | extend |
| fallible | liable to be erroneous |
| temporize | to act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion |
| exchequer | a department or office of state in medieval England charged with the collection and management of the royal revenue and judicial determination of all revenue causes |
| forlorn | bereft |
| coalition | the act of coalescing : union |
| rummage | to make a thorough search or investigation |
| legislature | a body of persons having the power to legislate |
| rhapsody | a portion of an epic poem adapted for recitation |
| convulsion | an abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles |