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 |
|---|---|
| wring | to squeeze or twist especially so as to make dry or to extract moisture or liquid |
| placid | serenely free of interruption or disturbance |
| skimp | skimpy |
| cite | to call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court) |
| impart | to give, convey, or grant from or as if from a store |
| irretrievable | not retrievable : impossible to regain or recover |
| catalyst | a substance that enables a chemical reaction to proceed at a usually faster rate or under different conditions (as at a lower temperature) than otherwise possible |
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| resolution | the act or process of resolving: such as |
| chaste | innocent of unlawful sexual intercourse |