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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Word | Meaning |
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indiscriminate | not marked by careful distinction : deficient in discrimination and discernment |
rendezvous | a place appointed for assembling or meeting |
effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
unprepossessing | not tending to create a favorable impression : not prepossessing |
impotent | not potent : lacking in power, strength, or vigor : helpless |
legend | a story coming down from the past |
sluggard | a habitually lazy person |
impermeable | not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance |
redundant | exceeding what is necessary or normal : superfluous |
odium | the state or fact of being subjected to hatred and contempt as a result of a despicable act or blameworthy circumstance |