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
squashto press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush
resoundto become filled with sound : reverberate
aberrationthe fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state
willowyabounding with willows
cloyingdisgusting or distasteful by reason of excess
verbatimin the exact words : word for word
largessliberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior
miscellanyseparate writings collected in one volume
conservatorya greenhouse for growing or displaying plants
ventriloquistone who uses or is skilled in ventriloquism