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 |
|---|---|
| agglomeration | the action or process of collecting in a mass |
| lampoon | satire |
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| adamant | unshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion : unyielding |
| entrepreneur | one who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise |
| gauche | lacking social experience or grace |
| induce | to move by persuasion or influence |
| monumental | serving as or resembling a monument : massive |
| deference | respect and esteem due a superior or an elder |