MALAPROPISMS XXV

The Word's The Thing

Dr. Louis D. Appel 

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

1. She was a paradigm of kindness and virtue.

2. The sagacity of the freezer is 1.2 cubic feet.

3. In circumspect, I would have handled the matter differently.

4. Angels and archangels are at the top of the celebrity hierarchy.

5. Hamlet's "To be or not to be" is a famous obloquy.

6. The pianist gave a beautiful perdition of The Moonlight Sonata.

7. Tall, thin, and graceful, she was surely grotesque.

8. It's always best to keep cool and maintain you magnanimity.

 

9. The yoga master practiced temperamental meditation.

10. Shakespeare wrote 37 plays and 154 sonnets, making him one of the most profligate writers of his time. 

Answers:

 

1. paradigm - paragon

2. sagacity - capacity

3. circumspect - retrospect

4. celebrity - celestial

5. obloquy - soliloquy

6. perdition - rendition

7. grotesque - statuesque

8. magnanimity - equanimity

9. temperamental - transcendental

10. profligate - prolific