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 |
|---|---|
| antiquity | ancient times |
| cipher | zero |
| unassuming | not assuming : modest |
| hereafter | after this in sequence or in time |
| kneel | to position the body so that one or both knees rest on the floor |
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |
| tangential | touching lightly : incidental |
| incorporeal | not corporeal : having no material body or form |
| prey | an animal taken by a predator as food |
| dishearten | to cause to lose hope, enthusiasm, or courage : to cause to lose spirit or morale |