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 |
|---|---|
| noxious | physically harmful or destructive to living beings |
| stamp | to pound or crush with a pestle or a heavy instrument |
| determinate | having defined limits |
| renege | to go back on a promise or commitment |
| bristling | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| odorous | having an odor: such as |
| elevation | the height to which something is elevated: such as |
| ursine | of or relating to a bear or the bear family (Ursidae) |
| unique | being the only one : sole |
| rank | relative standing or position |