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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WordMeaning
peddleto travel about with wares for sale
surpassto become better, greater, or stronger than : exceed
depictto represent by or as if by a picture
suitorone that petitions or entreats
bogusnot genuine : counterfeit
liaisona binding or thickening agent used in cooking
grapplethe act or an instance of grappling
convergeto tend or move toward one point or one another : come together : meet
somberso shaded as to be dark and gloomy
provincialthe superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order