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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WordMeaning
reverendworthy of reverence : revered
enduringlasting
analogoussimilar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail
adulterateto corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element
abhorto regard with extreme repugnance : to feel hatred or loathing for : loathe
propellantcapable of propelling
laconicusing or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious
insularitycharacteristic of an isolated people
antlerone of the paired deciduous solid bony processes that arise from the frontal bone on the head of an animal of the deer family
barba medieval cloth headdress passing over or under the chin and covering the neck