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 |
|---|---|
| gaffe | a social or diplomatic blunder |
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| authoritative | having, marked by, or proceeding from authority |
| jostle | to come in contact or into collision |
| ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness |
| eloquence | discourse marked by force and persuasiveness |
| concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |
| replete | fully or abundantly provided or filled |
| inconsistency | an instance of being inconsistent |
| prodigal | characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish |