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
supernumeraryexceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number
resolutionthe act or process of resolving: such as
flirtto move erratically : flit
conduita natural or artificial channel through which something (such as a fluid) is conveyed
feignto give a false appearance of : induce as a false impression
satellitea celestial body orbiting another of larger size
crypta chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground
convergeto tend or move toward one point or one another : come together : meet
mammalany of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans
amputateto remove by or as if by cutting