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 |
|---|---|
| obstetrician | a physician specializing in obstetrics |
| carousal | a wild, drunken party or celebration : a drunken revel : carouse |
| ethnology | a branch of cultural anthropology dealing chiefly with the comparative and analytical study of cultures |
| sage | one (such as a profound philosopher) distinguished for wisdom |
| disparage | to depreciate (see depreciate |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
| subside | to sink or fall to the bottom : settle |
| reminiscence | apprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence |
| languor | weakness or weariness of body or mind |
| hieroglyphic | written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters |