GRE Word List
SOLECISM
an ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence
The meaning of the word solecism is an ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| extricate | to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| optimum | the amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| diabolical | of, relating to, or characteristic of the devil : devilish |
| wrongheaded | stubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles |
| rightful | just |
| connotation | something suggested by a word or thing : implication |
| shunt | to turn off to one side : shift |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |