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 |
|---|---|
| wry | twist |
| fresco | the art of painting on freshly spread moist lime plaster with water-based pigments |
| rabid | extremely violent : furious |
| debonair | suave |
| resignation | an act or instance of resigning something : surrender |
| coddle | to cook (something, such as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling point |
| apiculture | the keeping of bees especially on a large scale |
| congruent | congruous |
| ewe | the female of the sheep especially when mature |
| dazzle | to lose clear vision especially from looking at bright light |