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 |
|---|---|
| catalyst | a substance that enables a chemical reaction to proceed at a usually faster rate or under different conditions (as at a lower temperature) than otherwise possible |
| sap | the fluid part of a plant |
| mentor | a friend of Odysseus entrusted with the education of Odysseus' son Telemachus |
| char | any of a genus (Salvelinus) of small-scaled trouts with light-colored spots |
| slag | the dross or scoria of a metal |
| gloat | to observe or think about something with triumphant and often malicious satisfaction, gratification, or delight |
| acknowledge | to recognize the rights, authority, or status of |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| ejaculation | an act of ejaculating |
| mitigate | to cause to become less harsh or hostile : mollify |