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 |
|---|---|
| extrude | to force, press, or push out |
| linguistic | of or relating to language or linguistics |
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| scotch | scottish |
| impoverish | to make poor |
| mural | of, relating to, or resembling a wall |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| disseminate | to spread abroad as though sowing seed |
| fritter | a small mass of fried or sautéed batter often containing fruit or meat |
| mottled | marked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors |