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 |
|---|---|
| intermediary | mediator |
| knotty | marked by or full of knots |
| purported | reputed |
| irrelevant | not relevant : inapplicable |
| pariah | a member of a low caste of southern India |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| lustrous | reflecting light evenly and efficiently without glitter or sparkle |
| thematic | of, relating to, or constituting a theme |
| environ | encircle |
| fracas | a noisy quarrel : brawl |