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 |
|---|---|
| eugenic | relating to or fitted for the production of good offspring |
| dabble | to work or involve oneself superficially or intermittently especially in a secondary activity or interest |
| impregnate | to cause to be filled, imbued, permeated, or saturated |
| drone | a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen |
| grovel | to creep with the face to the ground : crawl |
| noose | a loop with a slipknot that binds closer the more it is drawn |
| compelling | that compels: such as |
| puissant | having puissance : powerful |
| quandary | a state of perplexity or doubt |
| precursor | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another |