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 |
|---|---|
| beneficial | producing good results or helpful effects : conferring benefits (see benefit |
| embark | to go on board a vehicle for transportation |
| contrived | having an unnatural or false appearance or quality : artificial |
| seclusion | the act of secluding : the condition of being secluded |
| fractious | tending to be troublesome : unruly |
| awe | an emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| carousal | a wild, drunken party or celebration : a drunken revel : carouse |
| trappings | outward signs |