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 |
|---|---|
| hostility | deep-seated usually mutual ill will |
| unerringly | committing no error : faultless |
| squash | to press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush |
| condiments | something used to enhance the flavor of food |
| decorous | marked by propriety and good taste : correct |
| bout | a spell or period of activity: such as |
| psychosomatic | of, relating to, concerned with, or involving both mind and body |
| mortar | a sturdy vessel in which material is pounded or rubbed with a pestle |
| pare | to trim off an outside, excess, or irregular part of |
| zest | a piece of the peel of a citrus fruit (such as an orange or lemon) used as flavoring |