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 |
|---|---|
| knit | to form by interlacing yarn or thread in a series of connected loops with needles |
| analogous | similar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail |
| fluency | the quality or state of being fluent |
| inebriate | one who is drunk |
| aperture | an opening or open space : hole |
| centaur | any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly |
| provisional | serving for the time being : temporary |
| dais | a raised platform (as in a hall or large room) |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| detraction | a lessening of reputation or esteem especially by envious, malicious, or petty criticism : belittling |