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 |
|---|---|
| charisma | a personal magic of leadership arousing special popular loyalty or enthusiasm for a public figure (such as a political leader) |
| contusion | injury to tissue usually without laceration : bruise |
| deport | to send out of the country by legal deportation |
| precinct | a part of a territory with definite bounds or functions often established for administrative purposes : district |
| paroxysm | a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion |
| convoluted | having convolutions |
| expedient | suitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance |
| braggadocio | empty boasting |
| mnemonic | assisting or intended to assist memory |
| docket | a brief written summary of a document : abstract |