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 |
|---|---|
| inerrancy | exemption from error : infallibility |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| disperse | to cause to break up (see break up |
| inane | lacking significance, meaning, or point : silly |
| dissuade | to advise (a person) against something |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |
| apogee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| impiety | the quality or state of being impious : irreverence |
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |