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 |
|---|---|
| compress | to press or squeeze together |
| beware | to be on one's guard |
| log | a usually bulky piece or length of a cut or fallen tree |
| optimist | a person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes : someone who is given to optimism |
| restive | stubbornly resisting control : balky |
| ramble | to move aimlessly from place to place |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| paramount | superior to all others : supreme |
| fervent | very hot : glowing |
| woe | a condition of deep suffering from misfortune, affliction, or grief |