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 |
|---|---|
| inclement | lacking mildness: such as |
| minion | a servile dependent, follower, or underling |
| fulsome | characterized by abundance : copious |
| cognitive | of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering) |
| amnesia | loss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness |
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |
| infiltrate | to enter or become established in gradually or unobtrusively usually for subversive purposes |
| hothead | a hotheaded person |
| gesticulation | the act of making gestures |
| foible | the part of a sword or foil blade between the middle and point |