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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WordMeaning
engagingtending to draw favorable attention or interest : attractive
hurtleto move rapidly or forcefully
deportto send out of the country by legal deportation
looma frame or machine for interlacing (see interlace
anthropomorphicdescribed or thought of as having a human form or human attributes
congruentcongruous
contentiouslikely to cause disagreement or argument
fatuouscomplacently or inanely foolish : silly
apparentopen to view : visible
dormera window set vertically in a structure projecting through a sloping roof