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 |
|---|---|
| proximity | the quality or state of being proximate : closeness |
| wilt | loose freshness; droop |
| bicker | petulant quarreling : altercation |
| ingrained | forming a part of the essence or inmost being : deep-seated |
| bourgeois | of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class |
| lot | an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with |
| minute | the 60th part of an hour of time : 60 seconds |
| sodden | dull or expressionless especially from continued indulgence in alcoholic beverages |
| arrhythmic | lacking rhythm or regularity |
| evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor |