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 |
|---|---|
| inhibited | to prohibit from doing something |
| amoral | having or showing no concern about whether behavior is morally right or wrong |
| redoubtable | causing fear or alarm : formidable |
| provocative | serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate |
| disconsolate | cheerless |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| arraign | to call (a defendant) before a court to answer to an indictment : charge |
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| unwitting | not knowing : unaware |
| defrock | to deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office |