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 |
|---|---|
| reciprocate | to give and take mutually |
| anodyne | serving to alleviate pain |
| inimitable | not capable of being imitated : matchless |
| abut | to border on : to touch along an edge |
| carcinogenic | producing or tending to produce cancer |
| pedagogue | teacher |
| effeminate | having feminine qualities untypical of a man : not manly in appearance or manner |
| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |
| dialectical | of, relating to, or in accordance with dialectic |
| taxonomist | the study of the general principles of scientific classification : systematics |