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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palimpsestwriting material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased
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slakesubside
knottymarked by or full of knots
docileeasily taught