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 |
|---|---|
| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |
| criteria | a standard on which a judgment or decision may be based |
| compost | a mixture that consists largely of decayed organic matter and is used for fertilizing and conditioning land |
| perturb | to cause to be worried or upset : disquiet |
| straggle | to wander from the direct course or way : rove |
| optimum | the amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end |
| whet | to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone) |
| monograph | a learned treatise on a small area of learning |
| bequeath | to give or leave by will (see will |
| recuperate | to get back : regain |