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 |
|---|---|
| sublimate | sublime |
| avow | to declare assuredly |
| engross | to copy or write in a large hand |
| debilitate | to impair the strength of : enfeeble |
| disquisition | a formal inquiry into or discussion of a subject : discourse |
| shudder | to tremble convulsively : shiver |
| mogul | an Indian Muslim of or descended from one of several conquering groups of Mongol, Turkish, and Persian origin |
| relapse | the act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding |
| oscillate | to swing backward and forward like a pendulum |
| loquacious | full of excessive talk : wordy |