GRE Word List
IMPROPRIETY
an improper or indecorous act or remark
The meaning of the word impropriety is an improper or indecorous act or remark.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| license | permission to act |
| purchase | to obtain by paying money or its equivalent : buy |
| penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
| antipathy | a strong feeling of dislike |
| diva | prima donna |
| zany | very eccentric (see eccentric |
| artless | lacking art, knowledge, or skill : uncultured |
| endear | to cause to become beloved or admired |
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |