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 |
|---|---|
| glaze | to furnish or fit with glass |
| compound | something formed by a union of elements or parts |
| perimeter | the boundary of a closed plane figure |
| hoary | gray or white with or as if with age |
| asteroid | any of the small rocky celestial bodies found especially between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter |
| opportune | suitable or convenient for a particular occurrence |
| aerie | the nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop |
| catharsis | purification or purgation of the emotions (such as pity and fear) primarily through art |
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |