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 |
|---|---|
| shack | hut |
| projectile | a body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia |
| berserk | an ancient Scandinavian warrior frenzied in battle and held to be invulnerable |
| congenial | pleasant |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| knead | to work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands |
| consort | associate |
| license | permission to act |
| sully | to make soiled or tarnished : defile |
| bulwark | a solid wall-like structure raised for defense : rampart |