GRE Word List
IMPROPRIETY
improperness; unsuitableness
The meaning of the word impropriety is improperness; unsuitableness.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nurture | nourish; feed; educate; rear; care for while it is growing or developing; foster; cultivate; N: something that nourishes; rearing |
| acne | skin disease (on the face) |
| bombast | grandiloquent, pompous speech |
| resolve | decide; settle; solve; separate; make a determined decision; N. resolution |
| gourmet | connoisseur of food and drink; epicure |
| diabolical | diabolic; devilish; fiendish |
| mirth | merriment; laughter |
| peddle | travel about selling (wares); CF. foot |
| initiate | begin; originate; receive into a group; introduce to a new field or activity; Ex. initiate someone into the mysteries of a secret religion; N: one who has been initiated |
| acrimonious | stinging; caustic; bitter in words or manner; N. acrimony: bitter ill-natured animosity in speech or behavior |