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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WordMeaning
gaudyostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented
apothecaryone who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes
qualmsa feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety
insolencethe quality or state of being insolent
averto declare positively
candorunreserved, honest, or sincere expression : forthrightness
ambiguousdoubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness
theocracygovernment of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided
citeto call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court)
deportto send out of the country by legal deportation