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 |
|---|---|
| succulent | full of juice : juicy |
| transcribe | to make a written copy of |
| aperture | an opening or open space : hole |
| integrity | firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values : incorruptibility |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| charlatan | quack |
| rhapsody | a portion of an epic poem adapted for recitation |
| lurid | causing horror or revulsion : gruesome |
| virtuoso | one who excels in the technique of an art |
| rhapsodize | to speak or write in a rhapsodic manner |