GRE Word List
PROPRIETY
the quality or state of being proper or suitable : appropriateness
The meaning of the word propriety is the quality or state of being proper or suitable : appropriateness.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| forte | one's strong point |
| listless | characterized by lack of interest, energy, or spirit |
| fastidious | showing or demanding excessive delicacy or care |
| tranquillity | the quality or state of being tranquil |
| bereft | deprived or robbed of the possession or use of something |
| dilute | attenuate |
| aseptic | preventing infection |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| vendor | one that vends : seller |
| lament | to mourn aloud : wail |