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 |
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ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
pontifical | episcopal attire |
provenance | origin |
urbane | notably polite or polished in manner |
abstract | disassociated from any specific instance |
substantiate | to give substance or form to : embody |
perverse | turned away from what is right or good : corrupt |
nutritious | nourishing |
ebb | the reflux of the tide toward the sea |
ingenuous | showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness |