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 |
|---|---|
| docket | a brief written summary of a document : abstract |
| stamina | the bodily or mental capacity to sustain a prolonged stressful effort or activity : endurance |
| magnitude | great size or extent |
| irascible | marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| abominate | to hate or loathe intensely : abhor |
| wont | accustomed |
| blemish | to spoil by a flaw |
| tribunal | a court or forum of justice |
| stench | stink |