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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humility | freedom from pride or arrogance : the quality or state of being humble |
infiltrate | to enter or become established in gradually or unobtrusively usually for subversive purposes |
self-indulgence | excessive or unrestrained gratification of one's own appetites, desires, or whims |
address | to mark directions for delivery on |
mandatory | required by a law or rule : obligatory |
evince | to constitute outward evidence of |
trigger | a piece (such as a lever) connected with a catch or detent as a means of releasing it |
mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
apostate | one who commits apostasy |
exclaim | to cry out or speak in strong or sudden emotion |