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 |
|---|---|
| tentative | not fully worked out or developed |
| mollycoddle | to treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention |
| titillate | to excite pleasurably : arouse by stimulation |
| omnipotent | almighty |
| soluble | susceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water |
| grotto | cave |
| awl | a pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood) |
| coagulate | to cause to become viscous or thickened into a coherent mass : curdle |
| impertinent | given to or characterized by insolent rudeness |
| provident | frugal |