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 |
|---|---|
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |
| hazy | made dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze |
| panoramic | of, relating to, or resembling a panorama: such as |
| metrical | of, relating to, or composed in meter |
| proximity | the quality or state of being proximate : closeness |
| pell-mell | in mingled confusion or disorder |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| mercurial | of, relating to, or born under the planet Mercury |
| surreptitious | done, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine |
| outwit | to get the better of by superior cleverness : outsmart |