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 |
|---|---|
| pandemic | occurring over a wide geographic area (such as multiple countries or continents) and typically affecting a significant proportion of the population |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| negligible | so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling |
| defect | an imperfection or abnormality that impairs quality, function, or utility : shortcoming |
| nubile | of marriageable condition or age |
| chary | discreetly cautious: such as |
| consistency | agreement or harmony of parts or features to one another or a whole : correspondence |
| mercenary | one that serves merely for wages |
| accelerate | to move faster : to gain speed |
| cleave | to adhere firmly and closely or loyally and unwaveringly |