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 |
|---|---|
| reaper | one that reaps |
| scanty | limited or less than sufficient in degree, quantity, or extent |
| furrow | a trench in the earth made by a plow |
| dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate |
| prosperous | auspicious |
| callous | being hardened and thickened |
| tremulous | characterized by or affected with trembling or tremors |
| warp | a series of yarns extended lengthwise in a loom and crossed by the weft |
| musky | having an odor of or resembling musk |
| castigation | to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism |