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 |
|---|---|
| apparent | open to view : visible |
| exacerbate | to make more violent, bitter, or severe |
| petty | having secondary rank or importance : minor |
| cerebration | to use the mind : think |
| tutelary | having the guardianship of a person or a thing |
| scowl | to contract the brow in an expression of displeasure |
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
| hindrance | the state of being interfered with, held back, or slowed down : the state of being hindered |
| inamorata | a woman with whom one is in love or has intimate relations |
| militant | engaged in warfare or combat : fighting |