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 |
|---|---|
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
| odoriferous | yielding an odor : odorous |
| providence | divine guidance or care |
| egotistical | characterized by egotism : having, showing, or arising from an exaggerated sense of self-importance |
| impale | to pierce with or as if with something pointed |
| tedium | the quality or state of being tedious : tediousness |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| precinct | a part of a territory with definite bounds or functions often established for administrative purposes : district |
| prepossessing | creating prejudice |
| scruple | a unit of capacity equal to ¹/₂₄ Apothecaries' ounce see Weights and Measures Table |