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).
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ingrained | forming a part of the essence or inmost being : deep-seated |
| galvanize | to subject to the action of an electric current especially for the purpose of stimulating physiologically |
| foster | having, relating to, or being the relationship between a foster parent and the child who the foster parent cares for |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| coma | a state of profound unconsciousness caused by disease, injury, or poison |
| compile | to compose out of materials from other documents |
| hue_and_cry | outcry; loud cry or clamor; strong protest; Ex. hue and cry against the new rule |
| chasm | a deep cleft in the surface of a planet (such as the earth) : gorge |
| cacophonous | marked by cacophony : harsh-sounding |
| incongruity | the quality or state of being incongruous |