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 |
|---|---|
| primp | to dress, adorn, or arrange in a careful or finicky manner |
| brand | a charred piece of wood |
| sever | to put or keep apart : divide |
| cull | to select from a group : choose |
| divest | to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title |
| rampart | a protective barrier : bulwark |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| lounge | to act or move idly or lazily : loaf |
| conventional | formed by agreement or compact |
| despot | a ruler with absolute power and authority |