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 |
|---|---|
| affluence | abundance of property : wealth |
| pendulous | poised without visible support |
| penology | a branch of criminology dealing with prison management and the treatment of offenders |
| career | a profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling |
| impale | to pierce with or as if with something pointed |
| cascade | a steep usually small fall of water |
| zephyr | a breeze from the west |
| astigmatism | a defect of an optical system (such as a lens) causing rays from a point to fail to meet in a focal point resulting in a blurred and imperfect image |
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |
| inverse | opposite in order, nature, or effect |