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 |
|---|---|
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| benefit | something that produces good or helpful results or effects or that promotes well-being : advantage |
| impetus | a driving force : impulse |
| matinee | a musical or dramatic performance or social or public event held in the daytime and especially the afternoon |
| imply | to express indirectly |
| rider | one that rides |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |
| projectile | a body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia |
| gush | to issue copiously or violently |
| pinch | to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument |