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 |
|---|---|
| peruse | to examine or consider with attention and in detail : study |
| preeminent | having paramount rank, dignity, or importance : outstanding |
| reminiscence | apprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence |
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| deserts | arid land with usually sparse vegetation |
| hideous | offensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly |
| timorous | of a timid disposition : fearful |
| abut | to border on : to touch along an edge |
| inherent | involved in the constitution or essential character of something : belonging by nature or habit : intrinsic |