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 |
|---|---|
| symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |
| censure | a judgment involving condemnation |
| extemporaneous | composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu |
| scrappy | consisting of scraps |
| idle | not occupied or employed: such as |
| misanthrope | a person who hates or distrusts humankind |
| upbraid | to criticize severely : find fault with |
| surly | menacing or threatening in appearance |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| forum | the marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business |