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
verisimilarhaving the appearance of truth : probable
efficacythe power to produce an effect
brusquemarkedly short and abrupt
dominantcommanding, controlling, or prevailing over all others
adventthe period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting
forebodingthe act of one who forebodes
specioushaving a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic
relapsethe act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding
wearyexhausted in strength, endurance, vigor, or freshness
earthlycharacteristic of or belonging to this earth