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
triflinglacking in significance or solid worth: such as
avuncularsuggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality
deployto extend (a military unit) especially in width
frictionthe rubbing of one body against another
daisa raised platform (as in a hall or large room)
hazymade 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
requiema mass for the dead
bastiona projecting part of a fortification
presentimenta feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition
kindredof a similar nature or character : like