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 |
|---|---|
| mulct | fine |
| mesmerize | to subject to mesmerism |
| rankle | to cause anger, irritation, or deep bitterness |
| depredation | to lay waste : plunder |
| lagoon | a shallow sound, channel, or pond near or communicating with a larger body of water |
| defile | to make unclean or impure: such as |
| abysmal | immeasurably low or wretched : extremely poor or bad |
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |
| goad | to incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad |
| unearthly | not earthly: such as |