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 |
|---|---|
| flip | to toss so as to cause to turn over in the air |
| delve | excavate |
| hypochondriac | hypochondriacal |
| braggart | a loud arrogant boaster |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| calorific | caloric |
| celestial | of, relating to, or suggesting heaven or divinity |
| panache | an ornamental tuft (as of feathers) especially on a helmet |
| viscous | having a thick or sticky consistency : viscid |
| slick | having a smooth surface : slippery |