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 |
|---|---|
| mercenary | one that serves merely for wages |
| labile | readily or continually undergoing chemical, physical, or biological change or breakdown : unstable |
| infiltrate | to enter or become established in gradually or unobtrusively usually for subversive purposes |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| solemnity | formal or ceremonious observance of an occasion or event |
| felon | one who has committed a felony |
| shoddy | a reclaimed wool from materials that are not felted that is of better quality and longer staple than mungo |
| ulterior | going beyond what is openly said or shown and especially what is proper |
| capacious | containing or capable of containing a great deal |
| sinecure | an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income |