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 |
|---|---|
| glitter | to shine by reflection with many small flashes of brilliant light : sparkle |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| hallowed | holy |
| brazen | made of brass |
| embroider | to ornament with needlework |
| delusive | likely to delude |
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
| penetrate | to pass into or through |
| weary | exhausted in strength, endurance, vigor, or freshness |
| thwart | to oppose successfully : defeat the hopes or aspirations of |