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 |
|---|---|
| tarnish | to dull or destroy the luster of by or as if by air, dust, or dirt : soil |
| anecdote | a usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident |
| impenitent | not penitent |
| propellant | capable of propelling |
| flighty | swift |
| marital | of or relating to marriage or the married state |
| blemish | to spoil by a flaw |
| mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |
| depose | to remove from a throne or other high position |
| pejorative | a word or phrase that has negative connotations (see connotation |