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 |
|---|---|
| imprudent | not prudent : lacking discretion, wisdom, or good judgment |
| deify | to make a god of |
| scintillate | to emit sparks : spark |
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| championship | designation as champion |
| apologist | someone who speaks or writes in defense of someone or something that is typically controversial, unpopular, or subject to criticism |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| epilogue | a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work |
| cerebration | to use the mind : think |
| slovenly | untidy especially in personal appearance |