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 |
|---|---|
| impermeable | not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance |
| repertoire | a list or supply of dramas, operas, pieces, or parts that a company or person is prepared to perform |
| allay | to subdue or reduce in intensity or severity : alleviate |
| terrestrial | of or relating to the earth or its inhabitants |
| prototype | an original model on which something is patterned : archetype |
| functionary | one who serves in a certain function |
| apiarist | beekeeper |
| concoct | to prepare by combining raw materials |
| trepidation | a nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation : apprehension |
| insalubrious | not conducive to health : unwholesome |