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
aridexcessively dry
sycophanta servile self-seeking flatterer
sanguinarybloodthirsty
paraphernaliathe 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
innocuousproducing no injury : harmless
suffuseto spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush
hiatusa break in or as if in a material object : gap
unwieldynot easily managed, handled, or used (as because of bulk, weight, complexity, or awkwardness) : cumbersome
ironicrelating to, containing, or constituting irony
solemnityformal or ceremonious observance of an occasion or event