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 |
|---|---|
| pretend | to give a false appearance of being, possessing, or performing |
| consign | to give over to another's care |
| comity | friendly social atmosphere : social harmony |
| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |
| pedestrian | commonplace |
| queer | differing in some way from what is usual or normal : odd |
| fulsome | characterized by abundance : copious |
| vulnerable | capable of being physically or emotionally wounded |
| garrulous | given to prosy, rambling, or tedious loquacity : pointlessly or annoyingly talkative |
| dorsal | an ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar |