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 |
|---|---|
| irresolute | uncertain how to act or proceed : vacillating |
| fraudulent | characterized by, based on, or done by fraud : deceitful |
| elysium | the abode of the blessed after death in classical mythology |
| forward | near, being at, or belonging to the forepart |
| mettle | vigor and strength of spirit or temperament (see temperament |
| fundamental | serving as a basis supporting existence or determining essential structure or function : basic |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| aptitude | inclination |
| dutiful | filled with or motivated by a sense of duty |
| patrimony | an estate inherited from one's father or ancestor |