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 |
|---|---|
| predetermine | foreordain |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| lassitude | a condition of weariness or debility : fatigue |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| virtuoso | one who excels in the technique of an art |
| amorous | strongly moved by love and especially sexual love |
| pathological | of or relating to pathology |
| capricious | governed or characterized by caprice : impulsive |
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |
| contention | a point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument |