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 |
|---|---|
| indolent | averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy |
| skulduggery | underhanded or unscrupulous behavior |
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| reprise | a musical repetition: |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| underhand | in a clandestine manner |
| refrain | curb |
| pacifist | an adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes |
| abhor | to regard with extreme repugnance : to feel hatred or loathing for : loathe |
| mellifluous | having a smooth rich flow |