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 |
|---|---|
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |
| windfall | something (such as a tree or fruit) blown down by the wind |
| squash | to press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush |
| advocacy | the act or process of supporting a cause or proposal : the act or process of advocating (see advocate |
| bulge | to jut out : swell |
| restive | stubbornly resisting control : balky |
| olfactory | of or relating to the sense of smell |
| straggle | to wander from the direct course or way : rove |
| reticent | inclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech : reserved |