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 |
|---|---|
| sustenance | means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living |
| overt | open to view : manifest |
| diva | prima donna |
| dispirited | to deprive of morale or enthusiasm |
| palm | any of a family (Palmae synonym Arecaceae) of mostly tropical or subtropical monocotyledonous trees, shrubs, or vines with usually a simple stem and a terminal crown of large pinnate or fan-shaped leaves |
| lateral | of or relating to the side |
| garner | to gather into storage |
| spat | squabble; minor dispute; minor quarrel |
| torque | a force that produces or tends to produce rotation or torsion |
| laud | praise |