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 |
|---|---|
| solemnity | formal or ceremonious observance of an occasion or event |
| demerit | offense |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| zenith | the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the nadir and vertically above the observer see azimuth illustration |
| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |
| conspiracy | the act of conspiring together |
| sycophant | a servile self-seeking flatterer |
| delude | to mislead the mind or judgment of : deceive |
| lurid | causing horror or revulsion : gruesome |
| autonomous | having the right or power of self-government |