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 |
|---|---|
| malleable | capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers |
| ghastly | terrifyingly horrible to the senses : frightening |
| victuals | food usable by people |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| unwitting | not knowing : unaware |
| humus | a brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic |
| pulpit | an elevated platform or high reading desk used in preaching or conducting a worship service |
| partisan | a firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person |
| elucidate | to make lucid especially by explanation or analysis |