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 |
|---|---|
| disheveled | marked by disorder or disarray |
| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |
| grueling | trying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing |
| elated | marked by high spirits : exultant |
| earn | to receive as return for effort and especially for work done or services rendered |
| incoherent | lacking coherence: such as |
| chafe | irritate |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| parry | to ward off a weapon or blow |
| commandeer | to compel to perform military service |