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 |
|---|---|
| squalor | the quality or state of being squalid |
| anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |
| mollify | to soothe in temper or disposition : appease |
| encipher | to convert (a message) into cipher |
| actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |
| clip | encompass |
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
| defame | to harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel |
| espouse | marry |
| callous | being hardened and thickened |