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 |
|---|---|
| disparate | markedly distinct in quality or character |
| authoritative | having, marked by, or proceeding from authority |
| aphorism | a concise statement of a principle |
| inroad | an advance or penetration often at the expense of someone or something |
| arraign | to call (a defendant) before a court to answer to an indictment : charge |
| accomplice | one associated with another especially in wrongdoing |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| efficacy | the power to produce an effect |
| usury | the lending of money with an interest charge for its use |
| olfactory | of or relating to the sense of smell |
