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 |
|---|---|
| glamor | an exciting and often illusory and romantic attractiveness |
| explicate | to give a detailed explanation of |
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |
| urchin | hedgehog |
| disconsolate | cheerless |
| audacious | intrepidly daring : adventurous |
| diminution | the act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease |
| sprout | to grow, spring up, or come forth as or as if a sprout |
| disjunction | a sharp cleavage : disunion |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |