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 |
|---|---|
| hirsute | hairy |
| amass | to collect for oneself : accumulate |
| velocity | quickness of motion : speed |
| prolific | producing young or fruit especially freely : fruitful |
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |
| elucidate | to make lucid especially by explanation or analysis |
| statute | a law enacted by the legislative branch of a government |
| stigma | a mark of shame or discredit : stain |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| importunate | troublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand |