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

WordMeaning
ambivalencesimultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action
incompatiblenot compatible: such as
littera covered and curtained couch provided with shafts and used for carrying a single passenger
ligneousof or resembling wood
unfledgednot feathered : not ready for flight
insurrectionan act or instance of revolting against civil authority or an established government
excoriateto wear off the skin of : abrade
promontorya high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water
proteanof or resembling Proteus in having a varied nature or ability to assume different forms
transientpassing especially quickly into and out of existence : transitory