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 |
|---|---|
| variegate | to diversify in external appearance especially with different colors : dapple |
| ape | any of various large tailless semi-erect primates of Africa and southeastern Asia (such as the chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan, or gibbon) |
| precocious | exceptionally early in development or occurrence |
| well-bred | having or displaying the politeness and good manners associated especially with people of high social class |
| bleak | exposed and barren and often windswept |
| lectern | a stand used to support a book or script in a convenient position for a standing reader or speaker |
| vegetate | to lead a passive existence without exertion of body or mind |
| tenure | the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office) |
| vulgar | lacking in cultivation, perception, or taste : coarse |
| recrimination | a retaliatory accusation |