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 |
|---|---|
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
| archetype | the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype |
| stolid | having or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional |
| reticent | inclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech : reserved |
| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |
| transition | a change or shift from one state, subject, place, etc. to another |
| trenchant | keen |
| arroyo | a watercourse (such as a creek) in an arid region |
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |
| thresh | to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically |