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 |
|---|---|
| gaudy | ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented |
| apothecary | one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes |
| qualms | a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |
| insolence | the quality or state of being insolent |
| aver | to declare positively |
| candor | unreserved, honest, or sincere expression : forthrightness |
| ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness |
| theocracy | government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided |
| cite | to call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court) |
| deport | to send out of the country by legal deportation |