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 |
|---|---|
| tractable | capable of being easily led, taught, or controlled : docile |
| compendium | a brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract |
| expedite | to accelerate the process or progress of : speed up |
| titanic | having great magnitude, force, or power : colossal |
| quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |
| perpetual | continuing forever : everlasting |
| stipple | to engrave by means of dots and flicks |
| replica | an exact reproduction (as of a painting) executed by the original artist |
| devoid | being without a usual, typical, or expected attribute or accompaniment |
| unassailable | not assailable : not liable to doubt, attack, or question |