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 |
|---|---|
| sly | wise in practical affairs |
| arbiter | a person with power to decide a dispute : judge |
| remunerative | serving to remunerate |
| fancier | one that has a special liking or interest |
| ingenuous | showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness |
| promontory | a high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water |
| stereotype | to make a stereotype from |
| humor | that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : a funny or amusing quality |
| tender | marked by, responding to, or expressing the softer emotions : fond |
| sprout | to grow, spring up, or come forth as or as if a sprout |