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 |
|---|---|
| arbitrary | existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will |
| obliterate | to remove utterly from recognition or memory |
| provident | frugal |
| rift | fissure |
| sow | an adult female swine |
| mundane | of, relating to, or characteristic of the world |
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
| masochist | a person who derives sexual gratification from being subjected to physical pain or humiliation : an individual given to masochism |
| caliber | degree of mental capacity or moral quality |
| retribution | recompense |