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 |
|---|---|
| spawn | to deposit or fertilize spawn |
| adherent | one who adheres to something: such as |
| insatiable | incapable of being satisfied : quenchless |
| tenancy | a holding of an estate or a mode of holding an estate |
| sway | the action or an instance of swaying or of being swayed : an oscillating, fluctuating, or sweeping motion |
| hideous | offensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly |
| outlandish | of or relating to another country : foreign |
| coddle | to cook (something, such as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling point |
| doom | a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England |
| squelch | to fall or stamp on so as to crush |