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 |
|---|---|
| animosity | a strong feeling of dislike or hatred : ill will or resentment tending toward active hostility : an antagonistic attitude |
| firebrand | a piece of burning wood |
| enterprise | a project or undertaking that is especially difficult, complicated, or risky |
| hapless | having no luck : unfortunate |
| concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |
| devout | committed or devoted to religion or to religious duties or exercises |
| unrequited | not requited : not reciprocated or returned in kind |
| totem | an object (such as an animal or plant) serving as the emblem of a family or clan and often as a reminder of its ancestry |
| unearth | to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume |
| artifice | clever or artful skill : ingenuity |