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 |
|---|---|
| resignation | an act or instance of resigning something : surrender |
| berate | to scold or condemn vehemently and at length |
| wade | to step in or through a medium (such as water) offering more resistance than air |
| deranged | mentally unsound : crazy |
| repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |
| discomfit | to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| slaughter | the act of killing |
| evocative | evoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response |
| rendition | the act or result of rendering something: such as |