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 |
|---|---|
| gall | brazen boldness coupled with impudent assurance and insolence |
| colloquy | conversation |
| palm | any of a family (Palmae synonym Arecaceae) of mostly tropical or subtropical monocotyledonous trees, shrubs, or vines with usually a simple stem and a terminal crown of large pinnate or fan-shaped leaves |
| crevice | a narrow opening resulting from a split or crack (as in a cliff) : fissure |
| incite | to move to action : stir up : spur on : urge on |
| whittle | a large knife |
| alimentary | of or relating to nourishment or nutrition |
| itinerant | traveling from place to place |
| claustrophobia | abnormal dread of being in closed or narrow spaces |
| fanfare | a short and lively sounding of trumpets |