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 |
|---|---|
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| projectile | a body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia |
| cascade | a steep usually small fall of water |
| vilify | to utter slanderous and abusive statements against : defame |
| pass_off | present falsely; represent falsely to be |
| debris | the remains of something broken down or destroyed |
| zany | very eccentric (see eccentric |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| crux | a puzzling or difficult problem : an unsolved question |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |