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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| berserk | an ancient Scandinavian warrior frenzied in battle and held to be invulnerable |
| spurn | to reject with disdain or contempt : scorn |
| shackle | something (such as a manacle or fetter) that confines the legs or arms |
| address | to mark directions for delivery on |
| expostulation | an act or an instance of expostulating |
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| itinerant | traveling from place to place |
| chasm | a deep cleft in the surface of a planet (such as the earth) : gorge |
| lectern | a stand used to support a book or script in a convenient position for a standing reader or speaker |
| indiscriminate | not marked by careful distinction : deficient in discrimination and discernment |