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 |
|---|---|
| fauna | animal life |
| reprehensible | worthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable |
| amulet | a charm (such as an ornament) often inscribed with a magic incantation or symbol to aid the wearer or protect against evil (such as disease or witchcraft) |
| tact | a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense |
| dichotomy | a division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities |
| impetus | a driving force : impulse |
| torso | the human body apart from the head, neck, arms, and legs : the human trunk |
| accommodate | to provide with something desired, needed, or suited |
| simian | of, relating to, or resembling monkeys or apes |
| commonwealth | a nation, state, or other political unit: such as |