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 |
|---|---|
| pandemic | occurring over a wide geographic area (such as multiple countries or continents) and typically affecting a significant proportion of the population |
| dislodge | to drive from a position of hiding, defense, or advantage |
| temperate | having a moderate climate which especially lacks extremes in temperature |
| rebuke | to criticize sharply : reprimand |
| tentative | not fully worked out or developed |
| idyll | a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment |
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |
| propulsive | tending or having power to propel |
| vacillate | to waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses |
| hilarity | boisterous merriment or laughter |