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 |
|---|---|
| license | permission to act |
| platitude | the quality or state of being dull or insipid |
| respiration | the movement of air or dissolved gases into and out of the lungs |
| barterer | to trade by exchanging one commodity for another : to trade goods or services in exchange for other goods or services |
| hedonist | a person who is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure : someone who practices hedonism |
| diversion | the act or an instance of diverting or straying from a course, activity, or use : deviation |
| bulge | to jut out : swell |
| pedigree | a register recording a line of ancestors |
| versatile | embracing a variety of subjects, fields, or skills |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |