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 |
|---|---|
| nirvana | the final beatitude (see beatitude |
| subside | to sink or fall to the bottom : settle |
| prodigious | causing amazement or wonder |
| smart | having or showing a high degree of mental ability : intelligent |
| scion | descendant |
| confidential | marked by intimacy or willingness to confide |
| tenancy | a holding of an estate or a mode of holding an estate |
| fluted | having or marked by grooves |
| incentive | something that incites or has a tendency to incite to determination or action |
| nonplus | a state of bafflement or perplexity : quandary |