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
catechismoral instruction
carafea bottle with a flaring lip used to hold beverages and especially wine
exceptionablebeing likely to cause objection : objectionable
lingerto be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry
mementosomething that serves to warn or remind
niggletrifle
adventthe period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting
expatriatebanish
sunderto break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space
charmthe chanting or reciting of a magic spell : incantation