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 |
|---|---|
| incur | to become liable or subject to : bring down upon oneself |
| liability | the quality or state of being liable |
| ecclesiastic | ecclesiastical |
| premeditate | to think about and revolve in the mind beforehand |
| vilify | to utter slanderous and abusive statements against : defame |
| jaunt | a usually short journey or excursion undertaken especially for pleasure |
| impersonal | having no personal reference or connection |
| abhor | to regard with extreme repugnance : to feel hatred or loathing for : loathe |
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| unfrock | defrock |