GRE Word List
MALAPROPOS
in an inappropriate or inopportune way
The meaning of the word malapropos is in an inappropriate or inopportune way.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| serpentine | of or resembling a serpent (as in form or movement) |
| trim | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| slink | to go or move stealthily or furtively (as in fear or shame) : steal |
| perspicuous | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| correlation | the state or relation of being correlated |
| glaring | having a fixed look of hostility, fierceness, or anger |
| bicameral | having, consisting of, or based on two legislative chambers (see chamber |
| palpitate | to beat rapidly and strongly : throb |
| erratic | having no fixed course : wandering |