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

WordMeaning
propinquitynearness of blood : kinship
jabberto talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly
opportunistone that is opportunistic or that practices opportunism
encompassinclude
irrefutableimpossible to refute : incontrovertible
vintnera wine merchant
peregrinationto travel especially on foot : walk
disabuseto free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy
mockto treat with contempt or ridicule : deride
ambrosiathe food of the Greek and Roman gods