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 |
|---|---|
| thrifty | given to or marked by economy and good management |
| bleak | exposed and barren and often windswept |
| prelate | an ecclesiastic (such as a bishop or abbot) of superior rank |
| deranged | mentally unsound : crazy |
| cuisine | manner of preparing food : style of cooking |
| abhor | to regard with extreme repugnance : to feel hatred or loathing for : loathe |
| maneuver | a military or naval movement |
| predator | an organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation |
| elucidate | to make lucid especially by explanation or analysis |
| supersede | to cause to be set aside |