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 |
|---|---|
| muse | to become absorbed in thought |
| exacerbate | to make more violent, bitter, or severe |
| whit | the smallest part or particle imaginable : bit |
| descry | to catch sight of |
| deciduous | falling off or shed seasonally or at a certain stage of development in the life cycle |
| loathe | to dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance : detest |
| antique | existing since or belonging to earlier times : ancient |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |
| foist | to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant |