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 |
|---|---|
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| impiety | the quality or state of being impious : irreverence |
| chaste | innocent of unlawful sexual intercourse |
| chasten | to correct by punishment or suffering : discipline |
| scaffold | a temporary or movable platform for workers (such as bricklayers, painters, or miners) to stand or sit on when working at a height above the floor or ground |
| indenture | a document or a section of a document that is indented |
| lag | one that lags or is last |
| expropriate | to deprive of possession or proprietary rights |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |