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 |
|---|---|
| malingerer | to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work) |
| gusto | an individual or special taste |
| disparage | to depreciate (see depreciate |
| riddle | a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum |
| bestow | to put to use : apply |
| curfew | the sounding of a bell at evening |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| eloquence | discourse marked by force and persuasiveness |
| denizen | inhabitant |
| memoir | an official note or report : memorandum |