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 |
|---|---|
| pry | to look closely or inquisitively |
| sybarite | voluptuary |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| resolve | to deal with successfully : clear up |
| scowl | to contract the brow in an expression of displeasure |
| rotund | marked by roundness : rounded |
| primate | a bishop who has precedence in a province, a group of provinces, or a nation |
| tertiary | of third rank, importance, or value |
| intrepid | characterized by resolute fearlessness, fortitude, and endurance |
| provincial | the superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order |