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 |
|---|---|
| tact | a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense |
| exorbitant | not coming within the scope of the law |
| mortician | undertaker |
| astute | having or showing shrewdness and an ability to notice and understand things clearly : mentally sharp or clever |
| marred | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| swill | wash |
| predator | an organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation |
| commemorate | to call to remembrance |
| maneuver | a military or naval movement |
| dank | unpleasantly moist or wet |