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 |
|---|---|
| sanctuary | a consecrated place: such as |
| corrugated | having corrugations |
| annul | to declare or make legally invalid or void |
| livid | discolored by bruising : black-and-blue |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| ferret | a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat |
| affected | artificial; pretended |
| voluptuous | suggesting sensual pleasure by fullness and beauty of form |
| narcissist | an individual showing symptoms of or affected by narcissism: such as |
| surge | to rise and fall actively : toss |