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 |
|---|---|
| spangle | a small plate of shining metal or plastic used for ornamentation especially on clothing |
| amenable | liable to be brought to account : answerable |
| prodigal | characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish |
| commiserate | to feel or express sympathy : condole |
| clime | climate |
| monastic | of or relating to monasteries or to monks or nuns |
| impoverish | to make poor |
| glacial | suggestive of ice: such as |
| precedent | prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance |
| simulate | to give or assume the appearance or effect of often with the intent to deceive : imitate |