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 |
|---|---|
| epilogue | a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work |
| mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |
| reverie | daydream |
| conspiracy | the act of conspiring together |
| disparage | to depreciate (see depreciate |
| obligatory | binding in law or conscience |
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |
| projectile | a body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia |
| volition | the power of choosing or determining : will |
| proscenium | the stage of an ancient Greek or Roman theater |