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 |
|---|---|
| resourceful | able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means |
| decoy | a pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture |
| recipient | one that receives : receiver |
| actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |
| debauch | to corrupt by intemperance or sensuality |
| 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 |
| irretrievable | not retrievable : impossible to regain or recover |
| palpable | capable of being touched or felt : tangible |
| iniquitous | characterized by iniquity |
| reserve | to hold in reserve : keep back |