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
palimpsestwriting material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased
hazymade dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze
panoramicof, relating to, or resembling a panorama: such as
metricalof, relating to, or composed in meter
proximitythe quality or state of being proximate : closeness
pell-mellin mingled confusion or disorder
hyperboleextravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones")
mercurialof, relating to, or born under the planet Mercury
surreptitiousdone, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine
outwitto get the better of by superior cleverness : outsmart