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 |
|---|---|
| pacify | to allay the anger or agitation of : soothe |
| libertine | a freethinker especially in religious matters |
| amorous | strongly moved by love and especially sexual love |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| demean | to lower in character, status, or reputation |
| remediable | capable of being remedied |
| untenable | not able to be defended |
| generate | to bring into existence: such as |
| toady | one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors : sycophant |