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 |
|---|---|
| prevalent | generally or widely accepted, practiced, or favored : widespread |
| auxiliary | offering or providing help |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| baleful | deadly or pernicious in influence |
| platitude | the quality or state of being dull or insipid |
| insensate | lacking sense or understanding |
| implacable | not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |
| overwhelm | upset |
| nimble | quick and light in motion : agile |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |