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 |
|---|---|
| growl | rumble |
| nomenclature | name |
| writhe | to twist into coils or folds |
| amalgamate | to unite in or as if in an amalgam |
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
| doff | to remove (an article of wear) from the body |
| persevere | to persist in a state, enterprise, or undertaking in spite of counterinfluences, opposition, or discouragement |
| amazon | a member of a race of female warriors of Greek mythology |
| seemly | good-looking |
| slavish | of or characteristic of someone held in forced servitude |