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 |
|---|---|
| ubiquitous | existing or being everywhere at the same time : constantly encountered : widespread |
| debunk | to expose the sham (see sham |
| squabble | a noisy altercation or quarrel usually over petty matters |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| flounder | flatfish |
| vagrant | one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support |
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
| muddle | to make turbid or muddy |
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
| polemical | of, relating to, or being a polemic : controversial |