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 |
|---|---|
| pristine | belonging to the earliest period or state : original |
| petulant | insolent or rude in speech or behavior |
| mutinous | disposed to or being in a state of mutiny : rebellious |
| prey | an animal taken by a predator as food |
| compartment | a separate division or section |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| inviolable | secure from violation or profanation |
| legato | in a manner that is smooth and connected (as between successive tones) |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| infest | to spread or swarm in or over in a troublesome manner |