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 |
|---|---|
| curfew | the sounding of a bell at evening |
| encircle | to form a circle around : surround |
| overture | an initiative toward agreement or action : proposal |
| eventual | contingent |
| deface | to mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details |
| repertoire | a list or supply of dramas, operas, pieces, or parts that a company or person is prepared to perform |
| revert | to come or go back (as to a former condition, period, or subject) |
| moratorium | a legally authorized period of delay in the performance of a legal obligation or the payment of a debt |
| apostate | one who commits apostasy |
| caricature | exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics |