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 |
|---|---|
| submerge | to put under water |
| imbalance | lack of balance : the state of being out of equilibrium or out of proportion |
| genesis | the origin or coming into being of something |
| muddle | to make turbid or muddy |
| prefatory | of, relating to, or constituting a preface |
| sear | being dried and withered |
| wrest | to pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements |
| fatuous | complacently or inanely foolish : silly |
| mitigate | to cause to become less harsh or hostile : mollify |
| sepulcher | a place of burial : tomb |