GRE Word List
MALAPROPOS
in an inappropriate or inopportune way
The meaning of the word malapropos is in an inappropriate or inopportune way.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| spoilsport | one who spoils the sport or pleasure of others |
| eon | an immeasurably or indefinitely long period of time : age |
| quietude | a quiet state : repose |
| fiat | an authoritative or arbitrary order : decree |
| nihilist | a viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and that existence is senseless and useless |
| wrest | to pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| cardiologist | the study of the heart and its action and diseases |
| vex | to bring trouble, distress, or agitation to |
| smudge | to make a smudge on |