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 |
|---|---|
| acquiesce | to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively |
| amplify | to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis |
| invective | insulting or abusive language : vituperation |
| pigment | a substance that imparts black or white or a color to other materials |
| restive | stubbornly resisting control : balky |
| percussion | the act of percussing: such as |
| righteous | acting in accord with divine or moral law : free from guilt or sin |
| repulsion | the action of repulsing : the state of being repulsed |
| ebullient | boiling |
| affinity | relationship by marriage |