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 |
|---|---|
| potion | a mixture of liquids (such as liquor or medicine) |
| superannuated | outmoded |
| premeditate | to think about and revolve in the mind beforehand |
| peripheral | of, relating to, involving, or forming a periphery or surface part |
| impale | to pierce with or as if with something pointed |
| effeminate | having feminine qualities untypical of a man : not manly in appearance or manner |
| verdigris | a green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| acrophobia | abnormal dread of being in a high place : fear of heights |