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 |
|---|---|
| urchin | hedgehog |
| erratic | having no fixed course : wandering |
| monotony | tedious sameness |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| tactful | having or showing tact |
| collected | gathered together |
| unravel | to disengage or separate the threads of : disentangle |
| dissemble | to hide under a false appearance |
| nauseate | to become affected with nausea |
| stench | stink |