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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substantiate | to give substance or form to : embody |
recapitulate | to retell or restate briefly : summarize |
didactic | designed or intended to teach |
swelter | to suffer, sweat, or be faint from heat |
tithe | a tenth part of something paid as a voluntary contribution or as a tax especially for the support of a religious establishment |
arbiter | a person with power to decide a dispute : judge |
mannerism | exaggerated or affected (see affected |
dissent | to withhold assent or approval |
welt | a strip between a shoe sole and upper through which they are stitched or stapled together |
disseminate | to spread abroad as though sowing seed |