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 |
|---|---|
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| garnish | decorate |
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |
| ineffectual | not producing the proper or intended effect : futile |
| ramshackle | appearing ready to collapse : rickety |
| feign | to give a false appearance of : induce as a false impression |
| supernumerary | exceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number |
| dazzle | to lose clear vision especially from looking at bright light |
| mercenary | one that serves merely for wages |
| homeostasis | a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group |