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 |
|---|---|
| smart | having or showing a high degree of mental ability : intelligent |
| ventral | of or relating to the belly : abdominal |
| squash | to press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
| emissary | one designated as the agent of another : representative |
| foist | to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant |
| deplete | to empty of a principal substance |
| indecision | a wavering between two or more possible courses of action : irresolution |
| smolder | to burn sluggishly, without flame, and often with much smoke |
| discount | a reduction made from the gross (see gross |