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 |
|---|---|
| sluggish | averse to activity or exertion : indolent |
| phylum | a direct line of descent within a group |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| predetermine | foreordain |
| dowse | to plunge into water |
| enterprising | marked by an independent energetic spirit and by readiness to act |
| slacken | to make less active : slow up |
| wily | full of wiles : crafty |
| circlet | a little circle |
| magisterial | of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a master or teacher : authoritative |