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 |
|---|---|
| pert | saucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| shunt | to turn off to one side : shift |
| supposition | something that is supposed : hypothesis |
| trifling | lacking in significance or solid worth: such as |
| semblance | outward and often specious appearance or show : form |
| erode | to diminish or destroy by degrees: |
| repress | to check by or as if by pressure : curb |
| expository | of, relating to, or containing exposition |
| arraign | to call (a defendant) before a court to answer to an indictment : charge |