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 |
|---|---|
| chortle | to sing or chant exultantly |
| novice | a person admitted to probationary membership in a religious community |
| riddle | a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum |
| suspend | to debar temporarily especially from a privilege, office, or function |
| oath | a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| brevity | shortness of duration |
| senility | the quality or state of being senile : the physical and mental decline associated with old age |
| reverend | worthy of reverence : revered |
| panacea | a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all |