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 |
|---|---|
| quietude | a quiet state : repose |
| forsake | to renounce or turn away from entirely |
| profligate | wildly extravagant |
| cursory | rapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty |
| virile | having traditionally masculine traits especially to a marked degree |
| monogram | a sign of identity usually formed of the combined initials of a name |
| homely | suggestive or characteristic of a place of residence or home |
| stipple | to engrave by means of dots and flicks |
| lucre | monetary gain : profit |
| apprehensive | viewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future |