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 |
|---|---|
| voluptuous | suggesting sensual pleasure by fullness and beauty of form |
| sustenance | means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living |
| denomination | an act of denominating |
| aromatic | of, relating to, or having aroma: |
| riveting | having the power to fix the attention : engrossing |
| idle | not occupied or employed: such as |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| forward | near, being at, or belonging to the forepart |
| voluble | easily rolling or turning : rotating |