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 |
|---|---|
| hive | a container for housing honeybees |
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| lithe | easily bent or flexed |
| filth | foul or putrid matter |
| vintner | a wine merchant |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| filial | of, relating to, or befitting a son or daughter |
| flicker | to move irregularly or unsteadily : flutter |
| limp | to walk lamely |
| penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |