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

WordMeaning
willfulobstinately and often perversely self-willed
proxythe agency, function, or office of a deputy who acts as a substitute for another
ambiencea feeling or mood associated with a particular place, person, or thing : atmosphere
malcontenta discontented person:
hysteriaa psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral
servileof or befitting a menial position
maula heavy often wooden-headed hammer used especially for driving wedges
foresightan act or the power of foreseeing : prescience
inferto derive as a conclusion from facts or premises
waverto vacillate irresolutely between choices : fluctuate in opinion, allegiance, or direction