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 |
|---|---|
| compendium | a brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract |
| commemorative | intended as a commemoration |
| drama | a composition (see composition |
| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
| pliant | pliable |
| ethnic | of or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background |
| withdrawn | removed from immediate contact or easy approach : isolated |
| rend | to remove from place by violence : wrest |
| mystic | mystical |