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 |
|---|---|
| tantrum | a fit of bad temper |
| screech | a high shrill piercing cry usually expressing pain or terror |
| monotony | tedious sameness |
| collation | a light meal allowed on fast days in place of lunch or supper |
| disarray | a lack of order or sequence : confusion |
| edict | a proclamation having the force of law |
| steep | lofty |
| bohemian | a native or inhabitant of Bohemia |
| colossus | a statue of gigantic size and proportions |
| nova | a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years |