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 |
|---|---|
| epoch | an event or a time marked by an event that begins a new period or development |
| rummage | to make a thorough search or investigation |
| catastrophe | a momentous tragic event ranging from extreme misfortune to utter overthrow or ruin |
| perennial | present at all seasons of the year |
| deify | to make a god of |
| pall | to lose strength or effectiveness |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| puny | slight or inferior in power, size, or importance : weak |
| sedate | keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled |
| facet | any of the definable aspects that make up a subject (as of contemplation) or an object (as of consideration) |