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 |
|---|---|
| noncommittal | giving no clear indication of attitude or feeling |
| bode | to indicate (something, such as a future event) by signs : presage |
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |
| char | any of a genus (Salvelinus) of small-scaled trouts with light-colored spots |
| vagabond | a person who wanders from place to place without a fixed home : one leading a vagabond life |
| flaccid | not firm or stiff |
| propensity | an often intense natural inclination or preference |
| quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |
| discredit | to refuse to accept as true or accurate : disbelieve |