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 |
|---|---|
| yeoman | an attendant or officer in a royal or noble household |
| putative | commonly accepted or supposed |
| slag | the dross or scoria of a metal |
| amiss | in a mistaken way : wrongly |
| illusory | based on or producing illusion : deceptive |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| facilitate | to make easier : help bring about |
| germinal | being in the earliest stage of development |
| efface | to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface |
| transitory | of brief duration : temporary |