GRE Word List
PROPINQUITY
nearness of blood : kinship
The meaning of the word propinquity is nearness of blood : kinship.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prize | something offered or striven for in competition or in contests of chance |
| implacable | not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |
| accost | to approach and speak to (someone) in an often challenging or aggressive way |
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |
| scurry | to move in or as if in a brisk pace : scamper |
| formality | compliance with formal or conventional rules : ceremony |
| conviction | the act or process of finding a person guilty of a crime especially in a court of law |
| synoptic | affording a general view of a whole |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| disinter | to take out of the grave or tomb |