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 |
|---|---|
| coalesce | to grow together |
| execute | to carry out fully : put completely into effect |
| hoax | to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous |
| gossamer | a film of cobwebs floating in air in calm clear weather |
| counterpart | one of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate |
| attentive | mindful |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |
| downcast | low in spirit : dejected |
| ethereal | of or relating to the regions beyond the earth |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |