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 |
|---|---|
| arid | excessively dry |
| sycophant | a servile self-seeking flatterer |
| sanguinary | bloodthirsty |
| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |
| innocuous | producing no injury : harmless |
| suffuse | to spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush |
| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |
| unwieldy | not easily managed, handled, or used (as because of bulk, weight, complexity, or awkwardness) : cumbersome |
| ironic | relating to, containing, or constituting irony |
| solemnity | formal or ceremonious observance of an occasion or event |