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 |
|---|---|
| resentment | a feeling of indignant displeasure or persistent ill will at something regarded as a wrong, insult, or injury |
| impecunious | having very little or no money usually habitually : penniless |
| inept | generally incompetent : bungling |
| codify | to reduce to a code |
| militate | to have weight or effect |
| gusto | an individual or special taste |
| porridge | a soft food made by boiling meal of grains or legumes in milk or water until thick |
| semblance | outward and often specious appearance or show : form |
| effigy | an image or representation especially of a person |
| anachronism | an error in chronology |