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 |
|---|---|
| distinctive | marking as separate or different : serving to distinguish |
| pandemonium | a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people) |
| vendetta | blood feud |
| grudge | to be unwilling to give or admit : give or allow reluctantly or resentfully |
| intimate | marked by a warm friendship developing through long association |
| wary | marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger |
| chronicle | a historical account of events arranged in order of time usually without analysis or interpretation |
| dauntless | incapable of being intimidated or subdued : fearless |
| tessellated | having a checkered appearance |
| aberration | the fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state |