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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vulnerable | capable of being physically or emotionally wounded |
| limber | having a supple and resilient quality (as of mind or body) : agile |
| vagabond | a person who wanders from place to place without a fixed home : one leading a vagabond life |
| refute | to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous |
| besmirch | to cause harm or damage to the purity, luster, or beauty of (something) : sully |
| unerringly | committing no error : faultless |
| emanate | to come out from a source |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| irremediable | not remediable |
| veritable | being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary |