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).

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WordMeaning
compendiuma brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract
commemorativeintended as a commemoration
dramaa composition (see composition
burgeonto send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout
discernibleable to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned
pliantpliable
ethnicof or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background
withdrawnremoved from immediate contact or easy approach : isolated
rendto remove from place by violence : wrest
mysticmystical