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 |
|---|---|
| relic | an object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr |
| relevant | having significant and demonstrable bearing on the matter at hand |
| correlate | either of two things so related that one directly implies or is complementary to the other (such as husband and wife) |
| unfetter | to free from fetters |
| eventual | contingent |
| ford | a shallow part of a body of water that may be crossed by wading |
| goad | to incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad |
| adjoin | to add or attach by joining |
| scuffle | to struggle at close quarters with disorder and confusion |
| supernumerary | exceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number |