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
graduateto receive an academic degree or diploma
preposterouscontrary to nature, reason, or common sense : absurd
coagulateto cause to become viscous or thickened into a coherent mass : curdle
transmuteto change or alter in form, appearance, or nature and especially to a higher form
squashto press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush
tertiaryof third rank, importance, or value
wrytwist
travestya debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation
spendthrifta person who spends improvidently or wastefully
fitfulcharacterized by fits or paroxysms