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 |
|---|---|
| extrapolation | to predict by projecting past experience or known data |
| optimist | a person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes : someone who is given to optimism |
| concave | hollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl |
| hull | the outer covering of a fruit or seed |
| insensible | incapable or bereft of feeling or sensation: such as |
| munificent | very liberal in giving or bestowing (see bestow |
| perverse | turned away from what is right or good : corrupt |
| insouciant | lighthearted unconcern : nonchalance |
| reciprocal | inversely related : opposite |
| blunder | to move unsteadily or confusedly |