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 |
|---|---|
| credence | mental acceptance as true or real |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
| winsome | generally pleasing and engaging often because of a childlike charm and innocence |
| endorse | to write on the back of |
| superficial | of, relating to, or located near a surface |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| incinerate | to cause to burn to ashes |
| penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
| sturdy | firmly built or constituted : stout |
| slack | not using due diligence, care, or dispatch : negligent |