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 |
|---|---|
| impale | to pierce with or as if with something pointed |
| stock | a store or supply accumulated or available |
| laceration | the act of lacerating |
| audacious | intrepidly daring : adventurous |
| projectile | a body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia |
| overbearing | tending to overwhelm : overpowering |
| ventral | of or relating to the belly : abdominal |
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |
| illuminate | to supply or brighten with light |
| conviction | the act or process of finding a person guilty of a crime especially in a court of law |