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 |
|---|---|
| distinct | distinguishable to the eye or mind as being discrete (see discrete |
| wily | full of wiles : crafty |
| opulence | wealth |
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| complicity | association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |
| amicable | characterized by friendly goodwill : peaceable |
| admonish | to indicate duties or obligations to |
| junket | trip |
| subliminal | inadequate to produce a sensation or a perception |
| idyllic | pleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity |