MALAPROPISMS XIX

The Word's The Thing

Dr. Louis D. Appel 

Identify the malapropism in each sentence below and supply the correct word.

1. The Washington Monument is a beautiful odalisque in the National Mall.

 

2. Don't go on and on in your talk. Above all, be extinct.

3. The modern day pharmacist is a descendant of the dromedary.

4. He argues about everything. I've never known anyone so contagious.

5. Every family with more than one child deals with quibbling rivalry.

6. The doctor told him to drink a glass of wine each evening for abysmal purposes.

7. Sometimes a certain smell will  be insolent of childhood memories.

8. Some soccer fans become apologetic if their national team loses a championship game.

9. The young and shallow girl was anxious to have new adventures.

 

10. He considered investing in a company by using the equality in his home. 

Answers:

 

1. odalisque - obelisk

2. extinct - succinct

3. dromedary - apothecary

4. contagious - contentious

5. quibbling - sibling

6. abysmal - medicinal

7. insolent - redolent

8. apologetic - apoplectic

9. shallow - callow

10. equality - equity