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 |
|---|---|
| deb\^acle | sudden disastrous downfall or defeat; complete disaster |
| propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |
| stumble | to fall into sin or waywardness |
| horde | a political subdivision of central Asian nomads |
| lionize | to treat as an object of great interest or importance |
| knead | to work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands |
| languish | to be or become feeble, weak, or enervated |
| antediluvian | of or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible |
| psychopathic | of, relating to, or characterized by psychopathy |
| tend | to exhibit an inclination or tendency : conduce |