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 |
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| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| mealymouthed | not plain and straightforward : devious |
| malcontent | a discontented person: |
| prophylactic | guarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection |
| enamored | affected by strong feelings of love, admiration, or fascination |
| teetotalism | the principle or practice of complete abstinence from alcoholic drinks |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| febrile | marked or caused by fever : feverish |
| disbar | to expel from the bar or the legal profession : deprive (an attorney) of legal status and privileges |
| scholarly | of, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned |