GRE Word List
MALAPROPISM
the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase
The meaning of the word malapropism is the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| deterrent | serving to discourage, prevent, or inhibit : serving to deter |
| prodigious | causing amazement or wonder |
| effusion | an act of effusing |
| leery | suspicious |
| cascade | a steep usually small fall of water |
| sedate | keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled |
| manifold | marked by diversity or variety |
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |
| contrivance | a thing contrived |
| ego | the self especially as contrasted with another self or the world |