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.
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Word | Meaning |
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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 |