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 |
|---|---|
| stigma | a mark of shame or discredit : stain |
| dispirited | to deprive of morale or enthusiasm |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
| cascade | a steep usually small fall of water |
| enrapture | to fill with delight |
| chronic | continuing or occurring again and again for a long time |
| diverse | differing from one another : unlike |
| impede | to interfere with or slow the progress of |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| singular | of or relating to a separate person or thing : individual |