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 |
|---|---|
| figure | a number symbol : numeral |
| insipid | lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate, or challenge : dull |
| disquietude | anxiety |
| compliance | the act or process of complying to a desire, demand, proposal, or regimen or to coercion |
| stamp | to pound or crush with a pestle or a heavy instrument |
| infallible | incapable of error : unerring |
| saccharine | of, relating to, or resembling that of sugar |
| plasticity | the quality or state of being plastic |
| buxom | vigorously or healthily plump |
| exude | to ooze out |