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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WordMeaning
agglomerationthe action or process of collecting in a mass
lampoonsatire
anvila heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering)
fatalisma doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them
adamantunshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion : unyielding
entrepreneurone who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise
gauchelacking social experience or grace
induceto move by persuasion or influence
monumentalserving as or resembling a monument : massive
deferencerespect and esteem due a superior or an elder