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 |
|---|---|
| elevation | the height to which something is elevated: such as |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| urchin | hedgehog |
| mass | the liturgy of the Eucharist (see eucharist |
| rotunda | a round building |
| ignite | to set afire |
| graphite | a soft black lustrous form of carbon that conducts electricity and is used in lead pencils and electrolytic anodes, as a lubricant, and as a moderator in nuclear reactors |
| outlaw | a person excluded from the benefit or protection of the law |
| refuse | to express oneself as unwilling to accept |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |