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 |
|---|---|
| trunk | the main stem of a tree apart from limbs and roots |
| insolence | the quality or state of being insolent |
| gale | a strong current of air: |
| daunt | to lessen the courage of : cow |
| partition | the action of parting : the state of being parted : division |
| nib | bill |
| armada | a fleet of warships |
| incoherent | lacking coherence: such as |
| vintner | a wine merchant |
| antediluvian | of or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible |