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 |
|---|---|
| sloth | disinclination to action or labor : indolence |
| paradigm | example |
| enthrall | to hold spellbound : charm |
| benevolent | marked by or disposed to doing good |
| pestilential | causing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly |
| effectuate | to cause or bring about (something) : to put (something) into effect or operation : effect |
| multilingual | of, having, or expressed in several languages |
| codify | to reduce to a code |
| libel | a written statement in which a plaintiff in certain courts sets forth the cause of action or the relief sought |
| venison | the edible flesh of a game animal and especially a deer |