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
tippleto drink liquor especially by habit or to excess
banallacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite
sublimeto cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form
relapsethe act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding
attentivemindful
shoveto push along
avengeto take vengeance for or on behalf of
eccentricdeviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct especially in odd or whimsical ways
incoherentlacking coherence: such as
marginthe part of a page or sheet outside the main body of printed or written matter