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 |
|---|---|
| succulent | full of juice : juicy |
| jest | a joking or mocking remark |
| jumble | to move in a confused or disordered manner |
| fathomless | incapable of being fathomed : immeasurable |
| gleam | a transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light |
| tightwad | a close or miserly person |
| cessation | a temporary or final ceasing (as of action) : stop |
| underhand | in a clandestine manner |
| bizarre | strikingly out of the ordinary: such as |
| rebate | to reduce the force or activity of : diminish |