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 |
|---|---|
| fiat | an authoritative or arbitrary order : decree |
| implication | something implied: such as |
| trappings | outward signs |
| subside | to sink or fall to the bottom : settle |
| extrapolation | to predict by projecting past experience or known data |
| insolvent | unable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business |
| meticulous | marked by extreme or excessive care in the consideration or treatment of details |
| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |
| devious | wandering |
| wisp | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |