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 |
|---|---|
| blase | apathetic to pleasure or excitement as a result of excessive indulgence or enjoyment : world-weary |
| swill | wash |
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| scowl | to contract the brow in an expression of displeasure |
| delude | to mislead the mind or judgment of : deceive |
| infallible | incapable of error : unerring |
| limpid | marked by transparency (see transparent |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| disperse | to cause to break up (see break up |
| peon | any of various workers in India, Sri Lanka, or Malaysia: such as |