GRE Word List
MALAPROPOS
in an inappropriate or inopportune way
The meaning of the word malapropos is in an inappropriate or inopportune way.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| miscellany | separate writings collected in one volume |
| oath | a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says |
| pulpit | an elevated platform or high reading desk used in preaching or conducting a worship service |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| sneak | to go stealthily or furtively : slink |
| hortatory | hortative |
| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |
| enact | to establish by legal and authoritative act |
| omnipotent | almighty |
| piebald | composed of incongruous parts |