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 |
|---|---|
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| endorse | to write on the back of |
| depreciate | to lower in honor or esteem |
| brevity | shortness of duration |
| foul | offensive to the senses : loathsome |
| antler | one of the paired deciduous solid bony processes that arise from the frontal bone on the head of an animal of the deer family |
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| elated | marked by high spirits : exultant |
| optimist | a person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes : someone who is given to optimism |
| sonic | utilizing, produced by, or relating to sound waves |