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 |
|---|---|
| hypothetical | involving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural |
| unassuming | not assuming : modest |
| lithe | easily bent or flexed |
| crevice | a narrow opening resulting from a split or crack (as in a cliff) : fissure |
| hurl | rush |
| nimble | quick and light in motion : agile |
| beleaguer | besiege |
| philology | the study of literature and of disciplines relevant to literature or to language as used in literature |
| propriety | the quality or state of being proper or suitable : appropriateness |
| plasticity | the quality or state of being plastic |