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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opulence | wealth |
adjutant | a staff officer in the army, air force, or marine corps who assists the commanding officer and is responsible especially for correspondence |
penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
levitate | to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation |
hedonist | a person who is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure : someone who practices hedonism |
boor | peasant |
indisputable | not disputable : unquestionable |
dross | the scum or unwanted material that forms on the surface of molten metal |
leery | suspicious |
penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |