GRE Word List
SPOONERISM
a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil)
The meaning of the word spoonerism is a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |
| loquacious | full of excessive talk : wordy |
| fractious | tending to be troublesome : unruly |
| score | twenty |
| barefaced | having the face uncovered: |
| discretion | individual choice or judgment |
| remittance | a sum of money remitted |
| flora | a treatise on or list of the plants of an area or period |
| jovial | characterized by good-humored cheerfulness and conviviality : jolly |
| saccharine | of, relating to, or resembling that of sugar |