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 |
|---|---|
| lust | usually intense or unbridled sexual desire : lasciviousness |
| feasible | capable of being done or carried out |
| rip | to tear or split apart or open |
| interstice | a space that intervenes between things |
| forward | near, being at, or belonging to the forepart |
| choleric | easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered |
| autopsy | an examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease |
| willowy | abounding with willows |
| iridescent | having or exhibiting iridescence |
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |