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
incipientbeginning to come into being or to become apparent
subjectiveof, relating to, or constituting a subject: such as
salubriousfavorable to or promoting health or well-being
exhumedisinter
prosodythe study of versification
stoopto bend the body or a part of the body forward and downward sometimes simultaneously bending the knees
reverentexpressing or characterized by reverence : worshipful
dyspepticindigestion
glimmerto shine faintly or unsteadily
temporalof or relating to time as opposed to eternity