GRE Word List
PROPRIETY
fitness; quality of being proper; correct conduct; conformity to prevailing customs and usages; CF. proprietor, proprietary
The meaning of the word propriety is fitness; quality of being proper; correct conduct; conformity to prevailing customs and usages; CF. proprietor, proprietary.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| religious | of religion; (of a person) pious; having reverence for a deity |
| antithesis | contrast; direct opposite of or to; ADJ. antithetic or antithetical |
| dawdle | loiter; hang around; waste time doing nothing |
| bane | posion; cause of ruin; ADJ. baneful: harmful; poisonous |
| spin | rotate swiftly; make (thread) by twisting (cotton, wool, etc.); N. |
| perjury | false testimony while under oath; V. perjure oneself: testify falsely under oath |
| ostentatious | showy; trying to attract attention; pretentious; N. ostentation: showy display |
| immutable | unchangeable |
| pulsate | throb; beat regularly; vibrate regularly |
| bump | hit or knock against with force; N. |
