GRE Word List
DECORUM
literary and dramatic propriety : fitness
The meaning of the word decorum is literary and dramatic propriety : fitness.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dapper | neat and trim in appearance |
| artifacts | a usually simple object (such as a tool or ornament) showing human workmanship or modification as distinguished from a natural object |
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |
| scabbard | a sheath for a sword, dagger, or bayonet |
| surrogate | one appointed to act in place of another : deputy |
| porous | possessing or full of pores |
| mar | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| mutinous | disposed to or being in a state of mutiny : rebellious |
| mischief | a specific injury or damage attributed to a particular agent |
| repel | to drive back : repulse |