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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leave-takingdeparture
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siftto put through a sieve
motea small particle : speck
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