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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smeltany of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste
touchstonea fundamental or quintessential part or feature : basis
invidiousof an unpleasant or objectionable nature : obnoxious
hauntto visit often : frequent
effaceto eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface
traverseto go or travel across or over
yeomanan attendant or officer in a royal or noble household
grouseany of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds
acrophobiaabnormal dread of being in a high place : fear of heights
nimblequick and light in motion : agile