GRE Word List
TRUCULENCE
the quality or state of being truculent
The meaning of the word truculence is the quality or state of being truculent.
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|---|---|
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| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| cacophonous | marked by cacophony : harsh-sounding |