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 |
|---|---|
| sinuous | of a serpentine or wavy form : winding |
| turbulence | the quality or state of being turbulent: such as |
| plane | airplane |
| laggard | lagging or tending to lag : slow especially compared to others of the same kind |
| intrinsic | belonging to the essential nature or constitution of a thing |
| slew | a large number |
| attentive | mindful |
| irate | roused to ire |
| sinister | singularly evil or productive of evil |
| cohabit | to live together as or as if a married couple |