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 |
|---|---|
| fanfare | a short and lively sounding of trumpets |
| entity | being |
| infest | to spread or swarm in or over in a troublesome manner |
| protagonist | the principal character in a literary work (such as a drama or story) |
| gawk | a clumsy stupid person : lout |
| causal | expressing or indicating cause : causative |
| cynical | having or showing the attitude or temper of a cynic: such as |
| makeshift | a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute |
| stalemate | a drawing position in chess in which a player is not in checkmate but has no legal move to play |
| interrogate | to question formally and systematically |