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 |
|---|---|
| unearth | to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume |
| incarnation | the act of incarnating : the state of being incarnate |
| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |
| ichthyology | a branch of zoology that deals with fishes |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| lampoon | satire |
| rustle | to make or cause a rustle |
| engaged | involved in activity : occupied |
| impeccable | free from fault or blame : flawless |
| assent | to agree to or approve of something (such as an idea or suggestion) especially after thoughtful consideration : concur |