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 |
|---|---|
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
| disengage | to release from something that engages or involves |
| skirmish | a minor fight in war usually incidental to larger movements |
| levee | a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed |
| parquet | to furnish with a floor of parquet |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| omnipotent | almighty |
| immobility | not moving : motionless |
| pejorative | a word or phrase that has negative connotations (see connotation |
| seemly | good-looking |