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 |
|---|---|
| antidote | a remedy to counteract the effects of poison |
| callow | lacking adult sophistication : immature |
| desolate | devoid of inhabitants and visitors : deserted |
| eulogy | a commendatory oration or writing especially in honor of one deceased |
| largess | liberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior |
| acclaim | applaud |
| retract | to draw back or in |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| arbiter | a person with power to decide a dispute : judge |
| tutelage | instruction especially of an individual |