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 |
|---|---|
| putative | commonly accepted or supposed |
| inopportune | inconvenient |
| defrock | to deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office |
| avantgarde | group of artists whose work is based on the newest ideas and methods; CF. vanguard |
| immaculate | spotlessly clean |
| coax | to influence or gently urge by caressing or flattering : wheedle |
| stumble | to fall into sin or waywardness |
| trite | hackneyed or boring from much use : not fresh or original |
| swelter | to suffer, sweat, or be faint from heat |
| resonant | continuing to sound : echoing |