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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| skim | to clear (a liquid) of scum or floating substance |
| brevity | shortness of duration |
| autonomous | having the right or power of self-government |
| benefactor | someone or something that provides help or an advantage : one that confers a benefit |
| lode | waterway |
| dilemma | a usually undesirable or unpleasant choice |
| pinnacle | an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress |
| grisly | inspiring horror or intense fear |