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 |
|---|---|
| immolate | to kill or destroy especially by fire |
| kaleidoscope | an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns |
| squelch | to fall or stamp on so as to crush |
| feud | a mutual enmity or quarrel that is often prolonged or inveterate (see inveterate |
| irreverence | lack of reverence |
| slovenly | untidy especially in personal appearance |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| equine | of, relating to, or resembling a horse or the horse family |
| propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |
| murmur | a half-suppressed or muttered complaint : grumbling |