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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WordMeaning
assiduousshowing great care, attention, and effort : marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application
elaborateplanned or carried out with great care
whima capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind : fancy
conundruman intricate and difficult problem
rostera roll or list of personnel
finishto come to an end : terminate
subsumeto include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element
emaciatedvery thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness
teneta principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true
indigentsuffering from extreme poverty : impoverished