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 |
|---|---|
| fanaticism | fanatic outlook or behavior |
| remote | separated by an interval or space greater than usual |
| quaff | to drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously |
| doggerel | loosely styled and irregular in measure especially for burlesque or comic effect |
| hovel | an open shed or shelter |
| qualms | a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |
| irreconcilable | impossible to reconcile |
| solicit | to make petition to : entreat |
| legerdemain | sleight of hand |
| vicar | an ecclesiastical agent: such as |