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 |
|---|---|
| convene | to come together in a body |
| decoy | a pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture |
| tribunal | a court or forum of justice |
| irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |
| nebula | any of numerous clouds of gas or dust in interstellar space |
| marshal | a high official in the household of a medieval king, prince, or noble originally having charge of the cavalry but later usually in command of the military forces |
| jollity | the quality or state of being jolly : merriment |
| figurative | representing by a figure or resemblance : emblematic |
| vaunted | highly or widely praised or boasted about |
| padre | a Christian clergyman |