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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| reverend | worthy of reverence : revered |
| enduring | lasting |
| analogous | similar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail |
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| abhor | to regard with extreme repugnance : to feel hatred or loathing for : loathe |
| propellant | capable of propelling |
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
| insularity | characteristic of an isolated people |
| antler | one of the paired deciduous solid bony processes that arise from the frontal bone on the head of an animal of the deer family |
| barb | a medieval cloth headdress passing over or under the chin and covering the neck |