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 |
|---|---|
| sustain | to give support or relief to |
| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |
| antediluvian | of or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible |
| liquidate | to determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts) |
| environ | encircle |
| gloat | to observe or think about something with triumphant and often malicious satisfaction, gratification, or delight |
| wade | to step in or through a medium (such as water) offering more resistance than air |
| qualify | to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify |
| deplete | to empty of a principal substance |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |