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.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| ratify | to approve and sanction formally : confirm |
| titillate | to excite pleasurably : arouse by stimulation |
| narrative | something that is narrated : story |
| antler | one of the paired deciduous solid bony processes that arise from the frontal bone on the head of an animal of the deer family |
| idiosyncrasy | a peculiarity of constitution or temperament : an individualizing characteristic or quality |
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |
| well-bred | having or displaying the politeness and good manners associated especially with people of high social class |
| suavity | smoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated |
| aloft | at or to a great height |