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 |
|---|---|
| usury | the lending of money with an interest charge for its use |
| sporadic | occurring occasionally, singly, or in irregular or random instances |
| frenetic | marked by fast and energetic, disordered, or anxiety-driven activity : frenzied |
| executioner | one who executes |
| perspicuous | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| germinate | to cause to sprout or develop |
| crinkle | to form many short bends or ripples |
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |
| qualify | to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify |
| promiscuous | having or involving many sexual partners : not restricted to one sexual partner or few sexual partners |