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 |
|---|---|
| assert | to state or declare positively and often forcefully or aggressively |
| trifling | lacking in significance or solid worth: such as |
| quizzical | comically quaint |
| militant | engaged in warfare or combat : fighting |
| unwieldy | not easily managed, handled, or used (as because of bulk, weight, complexity, or awkwardness) : cumbersome |
| unfrock | defrock |
| unfaltering | not wavering or weakening : firm |
| asinine | extremely or utterly foolish or silly |
| celestial | of, relating to, or suggesting heaven or divinity |
| purge | to clear of guilt |