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 |
|---|---|
| seedy | containing or full of seeds |
| dys- | abnormal |
| derision | the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| maxim | a general truth, fundamental principle, or rule of conduct |
| expository | of, relating to, or containing exposition |
| ignoble | characterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness |
| tithe | a tenth part of something paid as a voluntary contribution or as a tax especially for the support of a religious establishment |
| recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior |
| restitution | an act of restoring or a condition of being restored: such as |