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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |
| viable | capable of living |
| aphorism | a concise statement of a principle |
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |
| sanguinary | bloodthirsty |
| giddy | dizzy |
| inadvertently | unintentional |
| plaster | a medicated or protective dressing that consists of a film (as of cloth or plastic) spread with a usually medicated substance |
| bilk | to block the free development of : frustrate |
| scholarly | of, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned |