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 |
|---|---|
| implement | a device used in the performance of a task : tool |
| untoward | difficult to guide, manage, or work with : unruly |
| irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |
| contest | strive |
| bode | to indicate (something, such as a future event) by signs : presage |
| veracious | truthful |
| bent | unenclosed grassland |
| scrupulous | having moral integrity : acting in strict regard for what is considered right or proper |
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |
| deposition | a testifying especially before a court |