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 |
|---|---|
| nugatory | of little or no consequence : trifling |
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| appurtenances | accessory objects |
| formality | compliance with formal or conventional rules : ceremony |
| qualify | to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify |
| grisly | inspiring horror or intense fear |
| foresight | an act or the power of foreseeing : prescience |
| headstrong | not easily restrained : impatient of control, advice, or suggestions |
| tremor | a trembling or shaking usually from physical weakness, emotional stress, or disease |
| incongruity | the quality or state of being incongruous |