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
havenharbor
canvassto go through (a district) or go to (persons) in order to solicit orders or political support or to determine opinions or sentiments
languiddrooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak
casteone of the hereditary social classes in Hinduism that restrict the occupation of their members and their association with the members of other castes
buccaneerany of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies
energizeto make energetic, vigorous, or active
abstemiousmarked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol
gratiswithout charge or recompense : free
cohereto hold together firmly as parts of the same mass
perpetrateto bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit