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).

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WordMeaning
duressforcible restraint or restriction
misdemeanora crime less serious than a felony (see felony
reprobatean unprincipled or depraved person : scoundrel
eloquencediscourse marked by force and persuasiveness
temperatehaving a moderate climate which especially lacks extremes in temperature
qualifyto reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify
travestya debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation
antiqueexisting since or belonging to earlier times : ancient
piedof two or more colors in blotches
galleona heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish