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 |
|---|---|
| truculence | the quality or state of being truculent |
| ensconce | shelter |
| chaste | innocent of unlawful sexual intercourse |
| executive | of or relating to the execution of the laws and the conduct of public and national affairs |
| woe | a condition of deep suffering from misfortune, affliction, or grief |
| plasticity | the quality or state of being plastic |
| haunt | to visit often : frequent |
| larder | a place where food is stored : pantry |
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |