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
illuminateto supply or brighten with light
polygamistmarriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry
stringenttight
helma lever or wheel controlling the rudder of a ship for steering
pulsethe regular expansion of an artery caused by the ejection of blood into the arterial system by the contractions of the heart
crabbedmarked by a forbidding moroseness
bandyto discuss lightly or banteringly
blandsmooth and soothing in manner or quality
egoisma doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action
zealota zealous person