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

WordMeaning
diademcrown
padrea Christian clergyman
slaughterthe act of killing
nexusconnection
detonationthe action or process of detonating
fecundityfruitful in offspring or vegetation : prolific
dynamogenerator
precociousexceptionally early in development or occurrence
verbalizeto express something in words
punitiveinflicting, involving, or aiming at punishment