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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| precocious | exceptionally early in development or occurrence |
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |
| kleptomaniac | a person evidencing kleptomania |
| disfigure | to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries |
| bacchanal | orgy |
| distort | to twist (see twist |
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
| menace | a show of intention to inflict harm : threat |
| entail | to impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result |
| pall | to lose strength or effectiveness |