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 |
|---|---|
| opportune | suitable or convenient for a particular occurrence |
| metropolis | the chief or capital city of a country, state, or region |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| retrench | cut down |
| enervate | lacking physical, mental, or moral vigor : enervated |
| withhold | to hold back from action : check |
| suppliant | supplicant |
| mutinous | disposed to or being in a state of mutiny : rebellious |
| supine | lying on the back or with the face upward |
| mongrel | an individual resulting from the interbreeding of diverse breeds (see breed |