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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recipientone that receives : receiver
fraudulentcharacterized by, based on, or done by fraud : deceitful
whorla drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle
slywise in practical affairs
raucousdisagreeably harsh or strident : hoarse
cravenlacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted
atrocitya shockingly bad or atrocious act, object, or situation
gorgea narrow passage through land
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
slighthaving a slim or delicate build : not stout or massive in body