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 |
|---|---|
| felicity | the quality or state of being happy |
| rendition | the act or result of rendering something: such as |
| monotony | tedious sameness |
| purveyor | one that purveys |
| palatial | of, relating to, or being a palace |
| shove | to push along |
| fissure | a narrow opening or crack of considerable length and depth usually occurring from some breaking or parting |
| irksome | tending to irk : tedious |
| sadistic | of, relating to, or characterized by sadism |
| humid | containing or characterized by perceptible moisture especially to the point of being oppressive |