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 |
|---|---|
| engross | to copy or write in a large hand |
| interregnum | the time during which a throne is vacant between two successive reigns or regimes |
| squat | to cause (oneself) to crouch or sit on the ground |
| prehensile | adapted for seizing or grasping especially by wrapping around |
| perturb | to cause to be worried or upset : disquiet |
| volley | the flight of the ball (as in volleyball or tennis) or its course before striking the ground |
| allege | to assert without proof or before proving |
| delete | to eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing |
| wage | a payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis |
| galvanic | of, relating to, or producing a direct current of electricity |