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 |
|---|---|
| dispense | to divide and share out according to a plan : to deal out in portions |
| clipper | one that clips something |
| servitude | a condition in which one lacks liberty especially to determine one's course of action or way of life |
| hackneyed | lacking in freshness or originality |
| demented | mad |
| tether | a line (as of rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so as to restrict its range of movement |
| espionage | the practice of spying or using spies to obtain information about the plans and activities especially of a foreign government or a competing company |
| expedient | suitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance |
| hothead | a hotheaded person |
| contusion | injury to tissue usually without laceration : bruise |