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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WordMeaning
resignationan act or instance of resigning something : surrender
berateto scold or condemn vehemently and at length
wadeto step in or through a medium (such as water) offering more resistance than air
derangedmentally unsound : crazy
repugnancethe quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent
discomfitto put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert
coniferany 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
slaughterthe act of killing
evocativeevoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response
renditionthe act or result of rendering something: such as