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 |
|---|---|
| pastry | a dough that is used to make pies and other baked goods and typically has a high fat content : paste |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| appurtenances | accessory objects |
| franchise | the right or license granted to an individual or group to market a company's goods or services in a particular territory |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| interdict | a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| aristocracy | government by the best individuals or by a small privileged class |
| scraps | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| panegyric | a eulogistic oration or writing |