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 |
|---|---|
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |
| infernal | of or relating to a nether world of the dead |
| dissipate | to break up and drive off |
| egotism | excessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun |
| dais | a raised platform (as in a hall or large room) |
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
| alms | something (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor |
| insinuate | to impart or suggest in an artful or indirect way : imply |
| inasmuch_as | since; owing to the fact that |
| carillon | a set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard |