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 |
|---|---|
| humanitarian | a person promoting human welfare and social reform : philanthropist |
| hegemony | preponderant influence or authority over others : domination |
| chuckle | to laugh inwardly or quietly |
| ornithologist | a branch of zoology dealing with birds |
| unimpeachable | not impeachable: such as |
| haggard | not tamed |
| vignette | a picture (such as an engraving or photograph) that shades off gradually into the surrounding paper |
| raspy | harsh |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| tardy | moving slowly : sluggish |