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 |
|---|---|
| partition | the action of parting : the state of being parted : division |
| abate | to decrease in force or intensity |
| fastidious | showing or demanding excessive delicacy or care |
| actuarial | of or relating to actuaries |
| uninhibited | free from inhibition |
| latch | to lay hold with or as if with the hands or arms |
| importune | to press or urge with troublesome persistence |
| tenure | the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office) |
| wrongheaded | stubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles |
| vicar | an ecclesiastical agent: such as |