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.

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WordMeaning
accommodateto provide with something desired, needed, or suited
embezzlementto appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
carnalrelating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites
moleculethe smallest particle of a substance that retains all the properties (see property
sublimeto cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form
bara straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide and has any of various uses (as for a lever, support, barrier, or fastening)
physiologicalof or relating to physiology
garnishdecorate
toppleto fall from or as if from being top-heavy
anestheticof, relating to, or capable of producing anesthesia