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 |
|---|---|
| habitat | the place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| sap | the fluid part of a plant |
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |
| claustrophobia | abnormal dread of being in closed or narrow spaces |
| historical | of, relating to, or having the character of history |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |
| avenge | to take vengeance for or on behalf of |
| trample | tramp |
| quench | put out |