GRE Word List

DECORUM

literary and dramatic propriety : fitness

The meaning of the word decorum is literary and dramatic propriety : fitness.

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careera profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling
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palimpsestwriting material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased
enterprisea project or undertaking that is especially difficult, complicated, or risky
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defaceto mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details
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mirthgladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter