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 |
|---|---|
| leash | a line for leading or restraining an animal |
| jostle | to come in contact or into collision |
| prance | to spring from the hind legs or move by so doing |
| circumspect | careful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences : prudent |
| travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |
| airy | of or relating to air : atmospheric |
| retaliate | to return like for like |
| unique | being the only one : sole |
| sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |
| alcove | a small recessed section of a room : nook |