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 |
|---|---|
| selective | of, relating to, or characterized by selection : selecting or tending to select |
| coincidence | the act or condition of coinciding : correspondence |
| disquietude | anxiety |
| miscellaneous | consisting of diverse things or members : heterogeneous |
| pudding | blood sausage |
| broach | brooch |
| fervor | intensity of feeling or expression |
| pusillanimous | lacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity |
| canny | clever |
| cascade | a steep usually small fall of water |