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 |
|---|---|
| trifling | lacking in significance or solid worth: such as |
| avuncular | suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality |
| deploy | to extend (a military unit) especially in width |
| friction | the rubbing of one body against another |
| dais | a raised platform (as in a hall or large room) |
| hazy | made dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze |
| requiem | a mass for the dead |
| bastion | a projecting part of a fortification |
| presentiment | a feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition |
| kindred | of a similar nature or character : like |