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
leave-takingdeparture
predilectionan established preference for something
quicksilvermercury
bickerpetulant quarreling : altercation
swindlerto obtain money or property by fraud or deceit
homilya usually short sermon
wrongheadedstubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles
blotchto mark or mar with blotches
haplesshaving no luck : unfortunate
sacrosanctmost sacred or holy : inviolable