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
meandera winding path or course
artisana worker who practices a trade or handicraft : craftsperson
fussyeasily upset : irritable
fallibleliable to be erroneous
trougha long shallow often V-shaped receptacle for the drinking water or feed of domestic animals
tricksterone who tricks: such as
propinquitynearness of blood : kinship
overtopen to view : manifest
preento groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland
peruseto examine or consider with attention and in detail : study