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 |
|---|---|
| viscid | having an adhesive quality : sticky |
| facade | the front of a building |
| malapropos | in an inappropriate or inopportune way |
| furtive | done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious |
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| propulsive | tending or having power to propel |
| notoriety | the quality or state of being notorious |
| loom | a frame or machine for interlacing (see interlace |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| daub | to cover or coat with soft adhesive matter : plaster |