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 |
|---|---|
| procurement | the act or process of procuring |
| finished | entirely done |
| augment | to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |
| jetsam | the part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore |
| lewd | obscene |
| scintilla | spark |
| immaculate | spotlessly clean |
| confound | to throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity |
| conception | the process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both |
| wretch | a miserable person : one who is profoundly unhappy or in great misfortune |