MALAPROPISMS XXI

The Word's The Thing

Dr. Louis D. Appel

 

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

 

1. The doctor said I should move to a more dubious climate.

 

2. There's a huge coliseum near the entrance to the cemetery. 

 

3. Baby and Child Care is a valuable millennium of useful information.

 

4. You need to do some research on this and be more remorseful. 

5. I enjoyed assisting the priest as a parasite when I was a boy.

6. You have what it takes, so work up to your prudential.

7. That so-called doctor is nothing but a harlequin, if you ask me.

8. He's such a yes-man and toady - a regular supplicant.

 

9. The FBI kept the suspect under constant conveyance.

 

10. Relaxed and poised, she performed with complete applause.

 

Answers:

 

1. dubious - salubrious

2. coliseum - mausoleum

3. millennium - compendium

4. remorseful - resourceful

5. parasite - acolyte

6. prudential - potential

7. harlequin - charlatan

8. supplicant - sycophant

9. conveyance - surveillance

10. applause - aplomb