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 |
|---|---|
| suavity | smoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated |
| iconoclastic | a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions |
| levee | a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed |
| megalomania | a mania (see mania |
| cue | the letter q |
| coincidence | the act or condition of coinciding : correspondence |
| sumptuous | extremely costly, rich, luxurious, or magnificent |
| broil | to cook by direct exposure to radiant heat : grill |
| retentive | having the power, property, or capacity of retaining |
| bully | a blustering, browbeating person |