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 |
|---|---|
| indecision | a wavering between two or more possible courses of action : irresolution |
| infernal | of or relating to a nether world of the dead |
| affront | to insult especially to the face by behavior or language |
| illimitable | incapable of being limited or bounded : measureless |
| centripetal | proceeding or acting in a direction toward a center or axis |
| frieze | a heavy durable coarse wool and shoddy fabric with a rough surface |
| knoll | a small round hill : mound |
| dire | exciting horror |
| strident | characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound |
| exclaim | to cry out or speak in strong or sudden emotion |
