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 |
|---|---|
| legerdemain | sleight of hand |
| recipient | one that receives : receiver |
| inured | to accustom to accept something undesirable |
| seamy | having the rough side of the seam showing |
| swelter | to suffer, sweat, or be faint from heat |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| mural | of, relating to, or resembling a wall |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| repeal | to rescind or annul by authoritative act |