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 |
|---|---|
| debar | to bar from having or doing something : preclude |
| cognitive | of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering) |
| permeable | capable of being permeated : penetrable |
| lustrous | reflecting light evenly and efficiently without glitter or sparkle |
| resplendent | shining brilliantly : characterized by a glowing splendor |
| pertinacious | adhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, or design |
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |
| lewd | obscene |
| vortex | something that resembles a whirlpool |
| subaltern | particular with reference to a related universal proposition |