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 |
|---|---|
| disfigure | to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries |
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| erudite | having or showing knowledge that is gained by studying : possessing or displaying erudition |
| aboriginal | being the first or earliest known of its kind present in a region |
| recess | the action of receding : recession |
| codicil | a legal instrument made to modify an earlier will |
| trance | stupor |
| apotheosis | the perfect form or example of something : quintessence |
| enigma | something hard to understand or explain |
| quay | a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place |