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
masqueradea social gathering of persons wearing masks and often fantastic costumes
husbandrythe cultivation or production of plants or animals : agriculture
feintsomething feigned
exultto be extremely joyful : rejoice
paraphrasea restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form
carcinogenicproducing or tending to produce cancer
fraya usually disorderly or protracted fight, struggle, or dispute
ostracizeto exile by ostracism
empathythe action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner
incrementthe amount or degree by which something changes