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 |
|---|---|
| yield | to bear or bring forth as a natural product especially as a result of cultivation |
| psychic | of or relating to the psyche : psychogenic |
| dribble | to issue sporadically and in small bits |
| eulogy | a commendatory oration or writing especially in honor of one deceased |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| takeoff | a rise or leap from a surface in making a jump or flight or an ascent in an aircraft or in the launching of a rocket |
| promote | to advance in station, rank, or honor : raise |
| methodical | arranged, characterized by, or performed with method or order |
| document | proof |
| encroachment | to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another |