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

WordMeaning
fiatan authoritative or arbitrary order : decree
implicationsomething implied: such as
trappingsoutward signs
subsideto sink or fall to the bottom : settle
extrapolationto predict by projecting past experience or known data
insolventunable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business
meticulousmarked by extreme or excessive care in the consideration or treatment of details
countermandto revoke (a command) by a contrary order
deviouswandering
wispa small handful (as of hay or straw)