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 |
|---|---|
| bullion | gold or silver considered as so much metal |
| apprehend | arrest |
| construe | to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) |
| maculated | marked with spots : blotched |
| confound | to throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| shimmer | to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer |
| germ | a small mass of living substance capable of developing into an organism or one of its parts |
| tawny | of the color tawny |
| paean | a joyous song or hymn of praise, tribute, thanksgiving, or triumph |